Bug 169906

Summary:	CAN-2005-1704 Integer overflow in gdb
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	gdb	Assignee:	Elena Zannoni <ezannoni>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Jay Turner <jturner>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	2.1	CC:	cagney, jakub, jjohnstn, srevivo
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2005-801	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Josh Bressers 2005-10-04 22:32:36 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #158680 +++

Integer overflow in the BFD library for gdb before 6.3 allows
attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that
specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based
buffer overflow.


More information is available in the gentoo bug:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91398

This is the placeholder bug for the RHEL2.1 errata

Comment 1 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-10-18 15:36:37 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html