Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : libgc vulnerability (USN-1546-1)

It was discovered that multiple integer overflows existed in the malloc and calloc implementations in the Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collecting memory allocator libgc. These could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Securit...