Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : gdb vulnerability (USN-356-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27936

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Will Drewry, of the Google Security Team, discovered buffer overflows in GDB's DWARF processing. This would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with user privileges by tricking the user into using GDB to load an executable that contained malicious debugging information.

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Solution

Update the affected gdb package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/356-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27936

File Name: ubuntu_USN-356-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4146

CWE: 119

USN: 356-1