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USN-4336-2: GNU binutils vulnerabilities


Severity

Medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU binutils. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2016-2226, CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4491, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131, CVE-2017-12448, CVE-2017-12449, CVE-2017-12450, CVE-2017-12451, CVE-2017-12452, CVE-2017-12453, CVE-2017-12454, CVE-2017-12455, CVE-2017-12456, CVE-2017-12457, CVE-2017-12458, CVE-2017-12459, CVE-2017-12799, CVE-2017-12967, CVE-2017-13710, CVE-2017-14128, CVE-2017-14129, CVE-2017-14130, CVE-2017-14333, CVE-2017-14529, CVE-2017-14930, CVE-2017-14932, CVE-2017-14938, CVE-2017-14939, CVE-2017-14940, CVE-2017-15020, CVE-2017-15021, CVE-2017-15022, CVE-2017-15024, CVE-2017-15025, CVE-2017-15225, CVE-2017-15938, CVE-2017-15939, CVE-2017-15996, CVE-2017-16826, CVE-2017-16827, CVE-2017-16828, CVE-2017-16831, CVE-2017-16832, CVE-2017-17080, CVE-2017-17121, CVE-2017-17123, CVE-2017-17124, CVE-2017-17125, CVE-2017-6965, CVE-2017-6966, CVE-2017-6969, CVE-2017-7209, CVE-2017-7210, CVE-2017-7223, CVE-2017-7224, CVE-2017-7225, CVE-2017-7226, CVE-2017-7227, CVE-2017-7299, CVE-2017-7300, CVE-2017-7301, CVE-2017-7302, CVE-2017-7614, CVE-2017-8393, CVE-2017-8394, CVE-2017-8395, CVE-2017-8396, CVE-2017-8397, CVE-2017-8398, CVE-2017-8421, CVE-2017-9038, CVE-2017-9039, CVE-2017-9040, CVE-2017-9041, CVE-2017-9042, CVE-2017-9044, CVE-2017-9742, CVE-2017-9744, CVE-2017-9745, CVE-2017-9746, CVE-2017-9747, CVE-2017-9748, CVE-2017-9749, CVE-2017-9750, CVE-2017-9751, CVE-2017-9752, CVE-2017-9753, CVE-2017-9754, CVE-2017-9755, CVE-2017-9756, CVE-2017-9954, CVE-2018-1000876, CVE-2018-10372, CVE-2018-10373, CVE-2018-10534, CVE-2018-10535, CVE-2018-12641, CVE-2018-12697, CVE-2018-12698, CVE-2018-12699, CVE-2018-12700, CVE-2018-12934, CVE-2018-13033, CVE-2018-17358, CVE-2018-17359, CVE-2018-17360, CVE-2018-17794, CVE-2018-17985, CVE-2018-18309, CVE-2018-18483, CVE-2018-18484, CVE-2018-18605, CVE-2018-18606, CVE-2018-18607, CVE-2018-18700, CVE-2018-18701, CVE-2018-19931, CVE-2018-19932, CVE-2018-20002, CVE-2018-20623, CVE-2018-20671, CVE-2018-6323, CVE-2018-6543, CVE-2018-6759, CVE-2018-7208, CVE-2018-7568, CVE-2018-7569, CVE-2018-7642, CVE-2018-7643, CVE-2018-8945, CVE-2018-9138, CVE-2019-9070, CVE-2019-9071, CVE-2019-9073, CVE-2019-9074, CVE-2019-9075, CVE-2019-9077, CVE-2019-14250, CVE-2019-12972, CVE-2019-14444, CVE-2019-17450, CVE-2019-17451

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
    • All versions prior to 2.0.0
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.7.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 456.171
    • 2.8.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.136
    • 2.9.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.136
    • 2.10.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.136
    • 2.11.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.136
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.21
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.17
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.7.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 456.171
    • 2.8.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.136
    • 2.9.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.136
    • 2.10.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.136
    • 2.11.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.136
    • 2.12.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.136

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

  • Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
    • 2.0.0
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.7.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 456.171 or greater
    • 2.8.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.136 or greater
    • 2.9.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.136 or greater
    • 2.10.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.136 or greater
    • 2.11.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.136 or greater
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.9.21
    • 2.10.17
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.7.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 456.171 or greater
    • 2.8.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.136 or greater
    • 2.9.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.136 or greater
    • 2.10.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.136 or greater
    • 2.11.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.136 or greater
    • 2.12.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.136 or greater

References

History

2021-12-08: Initial vulnerability report published.