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Mandriva Update for gc MDVSA-2012:158 (gc)

🗓️ 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType 
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Mandriva Update for gc MDVSA-2012:158 (gc). The remote host is missing an update for the 'gc' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Multiple integer overflows in the GC_generic_malloc and calloc functions in malloc.c, and the GC_generic_malloc_ignore_off_page function in mallocx.c in Boehm-Demers-Weiser GC (libgc) before 7.2 make it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected (CVE-2012-2673). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/?name=MDVSA-2012:158");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831739");
  script_version("2026-04-24T15:56:23+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 15:56:23 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-10-05 09:46:25 +0530 (Fri, 05 Oct 2012)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2673");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2012:158");
  script_name("Mandriva Update for gc MDVSA-2012:158 (gc)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'gc'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Mandrake Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mandriva_mandrake_linux", "ssh/login/release", re:"ssh/login/release=MNDK_(2011\.0|mes5\.2)");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"gc on Mandriva Linux 2011.0,
  Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please Install the Updated Packages.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A security issue was identified and fixed in gc:

  Multiple integer overflows in the (1) GC_generic_malloc and (2) calloc
  functions in malloc.c, and the (3) GC_generic_malloc_ignore_off_page
  function in mallocx.c in Boehm-Demers-Weiser GC (libgc) before 7.2 make
  it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related
  attacks such as buffer overflows via a large size value, which causes
  less memory to be allocated than expected (CVE-2012-2673).

  The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release) exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "MNDK_2011.0")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libgc1", rpm:"libgc1~7.1~8.1", rls:"MNDK_2011.0")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libgc-devel", rpm:"libgc-devel~7.1~8.1", rls:"MNDK_2011.0")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libgc-static-devel", rpm:"libgc-static-devel~7.1~8.1", rls:"MNDK_2011.0")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"lib64gc1", rpm:"lib64gc1~7.1~8.1", rls:"MNDK_2011.0")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"lib64gc-devel", rpm:"lib64gc-devel~7.1~8.1", rls:"MNDK_2011.0")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"lib64gc-static-devel", rpm:"lib64gc-static-devel~7.1~8.1", rls:"MNDK_2011.0")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}


if(release == "MNDK_mes5.2")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libgc1", rpm:"libgc1~7.1~2.1mdvmes5.2", rls:"MNDK_mes5.2")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libgc-devel", rpm:"libgc-devel~7.1~2.1mdvmes5.2", rls:"MNDK_mes5.2")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libgc-static-devel", rpm:"libgc-static-devel~7.1~2.1mdvmes5.2", rls:"MNDK_mes5.2")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"lib64gc1", rpm:"lib64gc1~7.1~2.1mdvmes5.2", rls:"MNDK_mes5.2")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"lib64gc-devel", rpm:"lib64gc-devel~7.1~2.1mdvmes5.2", rls:"MNDK_mes5.2")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"lib64gc-static-devel", rpm:"lib64gc-static-devel~7.1~2.1mdvmes5.2", rls:"MNDK_mes5.2")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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