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    CVE-2006-4146

    Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) debugging code in GNU Debugger (GDB) 6.5 allows user-assisted attackers, or restricted users, to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file with a location block (DW_FORM_block) that contains a large number of operations.

    Published:Aug 31, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Aug 31, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.01258
    CVSS Score:5.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Gdb
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304669
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Oct/msg00000.html
    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
    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
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017138
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-253.htm
    http://www.osvdb.org/28318
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0229.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0469.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19802
    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
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204841
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10463
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304669
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Oct/msg00000.html
    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
    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
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017138
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-253.htm
    http://www.osvdb.org/28318
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0229.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0469.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19802
    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
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204841
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10463

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High