Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.843257
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3367-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'gdb' package(s) announced via the USN-3367-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'gdb' package(s) announced via the USN-3367-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Hanno Bock discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain malformed AOUT headers in PE executables. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-8501) It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9939) It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2226) It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131) It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4491) Affected Software/OS: 'gdb' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8501 BugTraq ID: 70866 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70866 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145742.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145262.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145328.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/1 http://secunia.com/advisories/62241 http://secunia.com/advisories/62746 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9939 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/31/6 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-2226 BugTraq ID: 90103 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90103 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42386/ http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4487 BugTraq ID: 90025 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90025 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4488 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4489 BugTraq ID: 90017 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90017 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4490 BugTraq ID: 90019 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90019 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4491 BugTraq ID: 90016 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90016 https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-05/msg00105.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4492 BugTraq ID: 90014 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90014 https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-05/msg00223.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4493 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6131 BugTraq ID: 91519 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91519 https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-06/msg02030.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/30/7
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