Date:         Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:33:06 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for  on SL3,x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov

Synopsis:	Low: gdb security and bug fix update
Issue date:	2007-06-11
CVE Names:	CVE-2006-4146

Various buffer overflows and underflows were found in the DWARF expression
computation stack in GDB.  If an attacker could trick a user into loading
an executable containing malicious debugging information into GDB, they may
be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.
(CVE-2006-4146)

SL 3.0.x

   SRPMS:
	gdb-6.3.0.0-1.138.el3.src.rpm
   i386:
	gdb-6.3.0.0-1.138.el3.i386.rpm
	gdb-6.3.0.0-1.138.el3.x86_64.rpm
   x86_64:
	gdb-6.3.0.0-1.138.el3.i386.rpm


-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2006-4146 SL3,x i386/x86_64

Low: gdb security and bug fix update

Summary

Date:         Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:33:06 -0500Reply-To:     Troy Dawson Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Troy Dawson Subject:      Security ERRATA for  on SL3,x i386/x86_64Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.govSynopsis:	Low: gdb security and bug fix updateIssue date:	2007-06-11CVE Names:	CVE-2006-4146Various buffer overflows and underflows were found in the DWARF expressioncomputation stack in GDB.  If an attacker could trick a user into loadingan executable containing malicious debugging information into GDB, they maybe able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.(CVE-2006-4146)SL 3.0.x   SRPMS:	gdb-6.3.0.0-1.138.el3.src.rpm   i386:	gdb-6.3.0.0-1.138.el3.i386.rpm	gdb-6.3.0.0-1.138.el3.x86_64.rpm   x86_64:	gdb-6.3.0.0-1.138.el3.i386.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



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