Ubuntu Security Notice USN-292-1
9th June, 2006
binutils vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Ubuntu 5.10
- Ubuntu 5.04
Details
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- binutils-dev 2.16.1cvs20060117-1ubuntu2.1
- binutils 2.16.1cvs20060117-1ubuntu2.1
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- binutils-dev 2.16.1-2ubuntu6.1
- binutils 2.16.1-2ubuntu6.1
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- binutils-dev 2.15-5ubuntu2.3
- binutils 2.15-5ubuntu2.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.