CVE-2006-4146

Description

Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) debugging code in GNU Debugger (GDB) 6.5 allows user-assisted attackers, or restricted users, to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file with a location block (DW_FORM_block) that contains a large number of operations.

Category

5.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.28% Top 25%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4283 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0469.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Oct/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/28318 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017138 vdb entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-253.htm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10463 signature vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0229.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22662 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25632 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25934 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304669
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3433 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21713 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204841 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/22205 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19802 vdb entry
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-356-1 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4146?
CVE-2006-4146 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4146?
To fix CVE-2006-4146, 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-2006-4146 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-4146 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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