Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2006.292.1
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-292-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'binutils' package(s) announced via the USN-292-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'binutils' package(s) announced via the USN-292-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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. Affected Software/OS: 'binutils' package(s) on Ubuntu 5.04, Ubuntu 5.10, Ubuntu 6.06. 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-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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