MGASA-2018-0035 Updated gdb packages fix security vulnerability

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service CVE-2016-4491, CVE-2016-6131...

MGASA-2017-0222 Updated valgrind packages fix security vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Valgrind incorectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code CVE-2016-2226. It was discovered that Valgrind incorrectly handled parsing...

USN-3337-1: Valgrind vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Valgrind incorrectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu...

PHP5 -- memory corruption in openssl_x509_parse()

Stefan Esser reports: The PHP function opensslx509parse uses a helper function called asn1timetotimet to convert timestamps from ASN1 string format into integer timestamp values. The parser within this helper function is not binary safe and can therefore be tricked to write up to five NUL bytes...