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CVE-2006-4146

Publication date 31 August 2006

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) debugging code in GNU Debugger (GDB) 6.5 allows user-assisted attackers, or restricted users, to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file with a location block (DW_FORM_block) that contains a large number of operations.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gdb 7.04 feisty
Fixed 6.4.90.dfsg-1ubuntu3
6.10 edgy
Fixed 6.4.90.dfsg-1ubuntu3
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 6.4-1ubuntu5.1

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