Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) debugging code in GNU Debugger (GDB) 6.5 allows user-assisted attackers, or restricted users, to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file with a location block (DW_FORM_block) that contains a large number of operations.

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4283
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0469.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Oct/msg00000.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/28318
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017138
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-253.htm
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10463
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0229.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22662
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25632
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25934
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304669
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3433
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21713
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204841
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22205
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19802
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-356-1