Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | binutils vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-336-1 | First vendor Publication | 2006-08-16 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2006-08-16 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.04: Ubuntu 5.10: In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: A buffer overflow was discovered in gas (the GNU assembler). By tricking an user or automated system (like a compile farm) into assembling a specially crafted source file with gcc or gas, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-336-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 | |
| Os | 2 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 27960 | GNU Binutils Assembler as_bad() Function Local Overflow A vulnerability which affects the as_bad() function of the GNU Binutils Assembler can be exploited by tricking a user into assembling a specially crafted source file. Successful exploitation can execute arbitrary code under the context of the logged on user. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2007-11-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-336-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:03:43 |
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