GLSA-200505-15 : gdb: Multiple vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200505-15 gdb: Multiple vulnerabilities Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered an integer overflow in the BFD library, resulting in a heap overflow. A review also showed that by default, gdb insecurely...

CVE-2005-1704

Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer...

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1704

Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer...