GNU Binutils libbfd buffer overflow
| binutils-libbfd-bo (26644) |  High Risk |
Description:
GNU Binutils is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the libbfd library. By sending a specially-crafted file containing a malformed Tektronix Hex Format record, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application utilizing the libbfd library to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.5
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- GNU, binutils 2.16.1
- OpenPKG, OpenPKG 2.4
- OpenPKG, OpenPKG 2.5
- OpenPKG, OpenPKG CURRENT
Remedy:
For OpenPKG:
Refer to OpenPKG Security Advisory OpenPKG-SA-2006.009 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Apple Product Security Mailing List, Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:13:10 -0700, APPLE-SA-2007-10-30 Xcode 2.5 Developer Tools at http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html.
- Apple Web site, About the security content of Xcode Tools 2.5 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306847.
- GNU Binutils Web site, GNU Binutils at http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/.
- Sourceware Bugzilla Bug 2584 , SIGSEGV in strings tool when the file is crafted. at http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584.
- BID-17950: GNU BinUtils Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- 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.
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.009: GNU Binutils
- SA20188: GNU Binutils libbfd TekHex Record Handling Vulnerability
- SA27441: Apple Xcode Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1018872: Apple Xcode Bugs Let Local Users Gain System Privileges
- SUSE-SR:2006:026: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-292-1: binutils vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1924: GNU Binutils libbfd TekHex Record Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3665: Apple Xcode Buffer Overflow and Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Reported:
May 23, 2006
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