Description
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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Affected products
- gnu / Binutils2.17
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20188
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20550
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/22932
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27441
- MISChttp://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950
- MISChttp://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924
- MISChttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20531
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644
- MISChttp://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584