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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2006.356.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-356-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'gdb' package(s) announced via the USN-356-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'gdb' package(s) announced via the USN-356-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Will Drewry, of the Google Security Team, discovered buffer overflows
in GDB's DWARF processing. This would allow an attacker to execute
arbitrary code with user privileges by tricking the user into using
GDB to load an executable that contained malicious debugging
information.

Affected Software/OS:
'gdb' package(s) on Ubuntu 5.04, Ubuntu 5.10, Ubuntu 6.06.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-4146
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Oct/msg00000.html
BugTraq ID: 19802
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19802
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/28318
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10463
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0229.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0469.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017138
http://secunia.com/advisories/21713
http://secunia.com/advisories/22205
http://secunia.com/advisories/22662
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
http://secunia.com/advisories/25632
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
http://secunia.com/advisories/25934
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
SGI Security Advisory: 20070602-01-P
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-356-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3433
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4283
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
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