FKIE_CVE-2006-2362

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-05-15 16:06 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:24
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20188Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20531Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20550Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22932Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27441Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.htmlIssue Tracking, Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924Permissions Required
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665Permissions Required
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20188Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20531Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20550Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22932Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27441Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.htmlIssue Tracking, Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu binutils *

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:24:51.267",
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