UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3509

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3509

    Published: 5 Sept 2012Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-3509
    Aliases:
    USN-2496-1

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in the (1) _objalloc_alloc function in objalloc.c and (2) objalloc_alloc macro in include/objalloc.h in GNU libiberty, as used by binutils 2.22, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the "addition of CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE to the length," which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3509, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2496-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3509

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: binutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.24-5ubuntu3

    Affected versions

    2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1
    2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
    2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1
    2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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