Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | gdb vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-3367-1 | First vendor Publication | 2017-07-26 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2017-07-26 |
| 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 these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in gdb. Software Description: - gdb: GNU Debugger Details: Hanno Böck discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain malformed AOUT headers in PE executables. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-8501) It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9939) It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2226) It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131) It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4491) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.04: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3367-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 42 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
| 25 % | CWE-190 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
| 17 % | CWE-416 | Use After Free |
| 8 % | CWE-125 | Out-of-bounds Read |
| 8 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 3 | |
| Application | 2 | |
| Os | 4 | |
| Os | 3 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2018-08-17 | Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates. File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0010.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-12-14 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2017-1330.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-12-01 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2017-3170-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-07-27 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-3368-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-07-27 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-3367-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-06-22 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-3337-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-08 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-07-19 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-552.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-22 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20151119_binutils_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-15 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2015-620.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-02 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2015-2079.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-11-24 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-2079.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-11-19 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2015-2079.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-30 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-184.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-25 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_f6a014cdd26811e48339001e679db764.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-02-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-2496-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-02-06 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-029.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-29 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_binutils-201501-150122.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-22 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-0471.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-12 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3123.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-02 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-17603.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-02 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-17586.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-07 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-14995.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-07 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-14888.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-07 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-14874.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-07 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-14838.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-06 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-14833.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-06 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-14963.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2017-07-28 13:24:45 |
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| 2017-07-26 21:23:04 |
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