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CVE-2005-4807

Stack-based buffer overflow in the as_bad function in messages.c in the GNU as (gas) assembler in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20050721 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .c file with crafted inline assembly code.

Published

2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	binutils	< 2.17	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	5.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	5.10	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99464 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/21508 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/21530 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/27960 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19555 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-336-1 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3307 Permissions Required ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99464 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21508 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21530 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/27960 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19555 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-336-1 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3307 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)