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CVE-2006-4146

Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) debugging code in GNU Debugger (GDB) 6.5 allows user-assisted attackers, or restricted users, to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file with a location block (DW_FORM_block) that contains a large number of operations.

Published

2006-08-31T22:04:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	gdb	6.5	Yes

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304669 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Oct/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/21713 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22205 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22662 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25632 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25934 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017138 ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-253.htm ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/28318 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0229.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0469.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19802 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-356-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3433 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4283 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204841 Patch ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10463 ([email protected])
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304669 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Oct/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21713 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22205 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22662 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25632 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25934 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017138 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-253.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/28318 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0229.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0469.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19802 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-356-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3433 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4283 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204841 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10463 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)