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Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : binutils vulnerability (USN-336-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27915

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

A buffer overflow was discovered in gas (the GNU assembler). By tricking an user or automated system (like a compile farm) into assembling a specially crafted source file with gcc or gas, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27915

File Name: ubuntu_USN-336-1.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:binutils-multiarch

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4807

USN: 336-1