GNU BinUtils GAS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:19555

Info

GNU BinUtils GAS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 19555
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-4807
CVE-2005-4808
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 17 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 19 2006 06:58PM
Credit: Tavis Ormandy <[email protected]> discovered this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
GNU Binutils 2.16.1
GNU Binutils 2.15
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
GNU Binutils 2.14
+ Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
GNU Binutils 2.12
GNU Binutils 2.11
GNU Binutils 2.16.91.0.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GNU BinUtils GAS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

GNU binutils GAS (GNU assembler) is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before copying it to an insufficiently sized memory buffer.

Remote attackers may crash the application or execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the application.

Exploit / POC

GNU BinUtils GAS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

An exploit is available.

Solution / Fix

GNU BinUtils GAS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
A patch is available to address this issue:

http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=63736http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=63736

Please see the referenced third-party advisories for information on obtaining and applying fixes.


GNU Binutils 2.16.91.0.2

References

GNU BinUtils GAS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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