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CVE-2006-2362

Buffer overflow in getsym in tekhex.c in libbfd in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20060423, as used by GNU strings, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file with a crafted Tektronix Hex Format (TekHex) record in which the length character is not a valid hexadecimal character.

Published

2006-05-15T16:06:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.3 (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-787
Type: Secondary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	binutils	< 2.17	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20188 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20531 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20550 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27441 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/ Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924 Permissions Required ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665 Permissions Required ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20188 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20531 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20550 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27441 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/ Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)