CVE-2005-1704

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-1704
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-24 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Gdb All r2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ASA-2006-178 (RHSA-2006-0368) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for gdb af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
ASA-2006-015 (RHSA-2005-801) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Red Hat update for elfutils - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - GNU Project Debugger (GDB) Integer Overflow in Binary File Descriptor Library May Permit Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Binutils, elfutils: Buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
GDB Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Download Patch ESX-55052 for VMware ESX Server 3.0.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- gdb: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for binutils/binutils-multiarch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
USN-136-1: binutils vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Secunia - Advisories - Avaya Products BFD Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for gdb af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for binutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0025 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for binutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Bug 91398 - sys-devel/binutils: heap overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Avaya Products elfutils Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/16757 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-222.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Avaya gdb Integer Overflow and Insecure Initialisation File Handling af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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