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[OpenPKG-SA-2006.009] OpenPKG Security Advisory (binutils)

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OpenPKG Security Advisory                            The OpenPKG Project
http://www.openpkg.org/security/                  http://www.openpkg.org
openpkg-security@xxxxxxxxxxx                         openpkg@xxxxxxxxxxx
OpenPKG-SA-2006.009                                          26-May-2006
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Package:             binutils
Vulnerability:       arbitrary code execution
OpenPKG Specific:    no

Affected Releases:   Affected Packages:          Corrected Packages:
OpenPKG CURRENT      <= binutils-2.16.1-20060101 >= binutils-2.16.1-20060526
OpenPKG 2.5          <= binutils-2.16.1-2.5.0    >= binutils-2.16.1-2.5.1
OpenPKG 2.4          <= binutils-2.16.1-2.4.0    >= binutils-2.16.1-2.4.1

Description:
  According to a vendor bug report [0], a buffer overflow in "libbfd"
  of GNU Binutils [1], as used by GNU strings, allows context-dependent
  attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and
  possibly execute arbitrary code via a file with a crafted Tektronix
  Hex Format (TekHex) record in which the length character is not a
  valid hexadecimal character. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
  (CVE) project assigned the id CVE-2006-2362 [2] to the problem.
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References:
  [0] http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584
  [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
  [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2362
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