CVE-2005-1704 Information

Description

Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library for gdb before 6.3 binutils elfutils and possibly other packages allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Reference

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91398 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001060 http://secunia.com/advisories/15527 http://secunia.com/advisories/17001 http://secunia.com/advisories/17072 http://secunia.com/advisories/17135 http://secunia.com/advisories/17257 http://secunia.com/advisories/17356 http://secunia.com/advisories/17718 http://secunia.com/advisories/18506 http://secunia.com/advisories/21122 http://secunia.com/advisories/21262 http://secunia.com/advisories/21717 http://secunia.com/advisories/24788 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml http://securitytracker.com/id?1016544 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-222.pdf http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htm http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-178.htm http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-01.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:095 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:215 http://www.osvdb.org/16757 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-659.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-673.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-763.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0354.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0368.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13697 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0025/ http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-55052-patch.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9071 https://usn.ubuntu.com/136-1/