UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4973
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Summary:
Details: Binaries compiled against targets that use the libssp library in GCC for stack smashing protection (SSP) might allow local users to perform buffer overflow attacks by leveraging lack of the Object Size Checking feature.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4973, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4973
Affected packages
Package
Name: mingw-w64
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mingw-w64?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
3.0~svn5915-1
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
