CVE-2006-2362

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.

🔗 References (32)

• cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/20188
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/20531
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/20550
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/22932
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/27441
• cve@mitrehttp://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584
• cve@mitrehttp://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html
• cve@mitrehttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872
• cve@mitrehttp://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/
• cve@mitrehttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1
• cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924
• cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665