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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Ubuntu Local Security Checks >> USN136-1 : binutils vulnerability Vulnerability Assessment Details
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USN136-1 : binutils vulnerability |
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binutils vulnerability Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : These remote packages are missing security patches : - binutils - binutils-dev - binutils-doc - binutils-multiarch Description : Tavis Ormandy found an integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) parser in the GNU debugger. The same vulnerable code is also present in binutils. By tricking an user into processing a specially crafted executable with the binutils tools (strings, objdump, nm, readelf, etc.), a possible hacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the affected program. Solution : Upgrade to : - binutils-2.15-5ubuntu2.1 (Ubuntu 5.04) - binutils-dev-2.15-5ubuntu2.1 (Ubuntu 5.04) - binutils-doc-2.15-5ubuntu2.1 (Ubuntu 5.04) - binutils-multiarch-2.15-5ubuntu2.1 (Ubuntu 5.04) Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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