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Ubuntu: USN-4336-2 (CVE-2016-2226): GNU binutils vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4336-2 (CVE-2016-2226): GNU binutils vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/24/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/21/2017
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

Integer overflow in the string_appends function in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted executable, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-binutils
  • ubuntu-upgrade-binutils-multiarch
  • ubuntu-upgrade-gdb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libiberty-dev
  • ubuntu-upgrade-valgrind

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