CVE-2006-2362

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    CVE-2006-2362

    Published: 15 May 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in getsym in tekhex.c in libbfd in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20060423, 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.

    References: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/20188, http://secunia.com/advisories/20531, http://secunia.com/advisories/20550, http://secunia.com/advisories/22932, http://secunia.com/advisories/27441, http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html, http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html, http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950, http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584, http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/

    Affected packages

    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