CVE-2006-2362

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.3
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.51% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory apple.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/20188 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20550 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27441 third party advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/ vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950 patch vdb entry exploit third party advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html issue tracking mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665 vdb entry permissions required
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924 vdb entry permissions required
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/20531 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644 third party advisory vdb entry
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584 third party advisory issue tracking exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2362?
CVE-2006-2362 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2362?
To fix CVE-2006-2362, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2362 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2362 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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