The d_print_comp function in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, which triggers infinite recursion and a buffer overflow, related to a node having "itself as ancestor more than once."

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - gcc: integer overflow flaws in libgfortran (CVE-2014-5044)

  - Integer overflow in the new[] operator in gcc before 4.8.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impacts.
    (CVE-2002-2439)

  - Integer overflow in the string_appends function in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to     execute arbitrary code via a crafted executable, which triggers a buffer overflow. (CVE-2016-2226)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - gcc: integer overflow flaws in libgfortran (CVE-2014-5044)

  - The std::random_device class in libstdc++ in the GNU Compiler Collection (aka GCC) before 4.9.4 does not     properly handle short reads from blocking sources, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers     to predict the random values via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2015-5276)

  - Integer overflow in the string_appends function in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to     execute arbitrary code via a crafted executable, which triggers a buffer overflow. (CVE-2016-2226)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - gcc: integer overflow flaws in libgfortran (CVE-2014-5044)

  - Integer overflow in the new[] operator in gcc before 4.8.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impacts.
    (CVE-2002-2439)

  - The std::random_device class in libstdc++ in the GNU Compiler Collection (aka GCC) before 4.9.4 does not     properly handle short reads from blocking sources, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers     to predict the random values via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2015-5276)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4336-2 advisory.

    USN-4336-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU binutils. This update provides the corresponding update     for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

    Original advisory details:

    It was discovered that GNU binutils contained a large number of security

    issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a

    specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause GNU binutils to

    crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary

    code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2226)

It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131)

It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-4491).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Hanno Bock discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain malformed AOUT headers in PE executables. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-8501)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9939)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2226)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131)

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4491).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It was discovered that Valgrind incorectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-2226)

It was discovered that Valgrind incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause Valgrind to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4491, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198425	RHEL 5 : gcc (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
198409	RHEL 7 : gcc (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
198339	RHEL 6 : gcc (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
151919	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-4336-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
102016	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : libiberty vulnerabilities (USN-3368-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
102015	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : gdb vulnerabilities (USN-3367-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
100989	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Valgrind vulnerabilities (USN-3337-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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