CVE-2006-2362

7.3 HIGH

Published: May 15, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in getsym in tekhex.c in libbfd in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20060423, as used by GNU strings, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file with a crafted Tektronix Hex Format (TekHex) record in which the length character is not a valid hexadecimal character.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/20188

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/20531

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/20550

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22932

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27441

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Mailing List

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html