Numeric Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package binutils (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-BINUTILS-644144
- published5 Sept 2012
- disclosed5 Sept 2012
Introduced: 5 Sep 2012
CVE-2012-3509 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binutils package and not the binutils package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-3509
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3509
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3509
- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54411
- http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2012-08/msg01986.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55281
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78135
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029