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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-292-1 June 09, 2006 binutils vulnerability CVE-2006-2362 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.04: binutils 2.15-5ubuntu2.3 binutils-dev 2.15-5ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 5.10: binutils 2.16.1-2ubuntu6.1 binutils-dev 2.16.1-2ubuntu6.1 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: binutils 2.16.1cvs20060117-1ubuntu2.1 binutils-dev 2.16.1cvs20060117-1ubuntu2.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: CVE-2006-2362 Jesus Olmos Gonzalez discovered a buffer overflow in the Tektronix Hex Format (TekHex) backend of the BFD library, such as used by the 'strings' utility. By tricking an user or automated system into processing a specially crafted file with 'strings' or a vulnerable third-party application using the BFD library, this could be exploited to crash the application, or possibly even execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.