Cent OS: CVE-2012-2677: CESA-2013:0668 (boost)
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
07/25/2012
07/25/2018
12/01/2016
07/04/2017
Description
Integer overflow in the ordered_malloc function in boost/pool/pool.hpp in Boost Pool before 3.9 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large memory chunk size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.
Solution(s)
- centos-upgrade-boost
- centos-upgrade-boost-devel
- centos-upgrade-boost-doc
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