CVE-2006-4146

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-4146
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-08-31 22:04:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) debugging code in GNU Debugger (GDB) 6.5 allows user-assisted attackers, or restricted users, to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file with a location block (DW_FORM_block) that contains a large number of operations.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Gdb 6.5 All All All
Application Gnu Gdb 6.5 All All All

References

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Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
20070602-01-P SGI patches.sgi.com
Ubuntu update for gdb - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Apple Xcode GDB DWARF Binary Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
GDB DWARF Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
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APPLE-SA-2006-10-31 Xcode Tools 2.4.1 APPLE lists.apple.com
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204841 – CVE-2006-4146 GDB buffer overflow CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-06-01Mark J CoxUpdates to address this issue are available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4: https://rhn.redhat.com/cve/CVE-2006-4146.html Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was not vulnerable to this issue as it contained a backported patch.
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