Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57042
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-292-1 (binutils)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to binutils announced via advisory USN-292-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. CVE-2006-2362 Jesus Olmos Gonzalez discovered a buffer overflow in the Tektronix Hex Format (TekHex) backend of the BFD library, such as used by the 'strings' utility. By tricking an user or automated system into processing a specially crafted file with 'strings' or a vulnerable third-party application using the BFD library, this could be exploited to crash the application, or possibly even execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.04: binutils 2.15-5ubuntu2.3 binutils-dev 2.15-5ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 5.10: binutils 2.16.1-2ubuntu6.1 binutils-dev 2.16.1-2ubuntu6.1 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: binutils 2.16.1cvs20060117-1ubuntu2.1 binutils-dev 2.16.1cvs20060117-1ubuntu2.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-292-1 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.5
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-2362 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html BugTraq ID: 17950 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950 http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils@gnu.org/msg01516.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872 http://secunia.com/advisories/20188 http://secunia.com/advisories/20531 http://secunia.com/advisories/20550 http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 http://secunia.com/advisories/27441 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:026 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665 XForce ISS Database: binutils-libbfd-bo(26644) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644
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