Executive Summary

Summary
Title binutils vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-366-1 First vendor Publication 2006-10-18
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2006-10-18
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:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.6 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

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 5.10:
binutils 2.16.1-2ubuntu6.3
binutils-static 2.16.1-2ubuntu6.3

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-366-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Os 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
29482 GNU Binutils config/tc-crx.c reset_vars Variable Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-366-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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