Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-4493 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in GNU Libiberty
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The demangle_template_value_parm and do_hpacc_template_literal functions in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted binary.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Overread Buffers An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-552.NASL description Some minor security issues have been identified and fixed in binutils in Debian LTS. These are : CVE-2016-2226 Exploitable buffer overflow. CVE-2016-4487 Invalid write due to a use-after-free to array btypevec. CVE-2016-4488 Invalid write due to a use-after-free to array ktypevec. CVE-2016-4489 Invalid write due to integer overflow. CVE-2016-4490 Write access violation. CVE-2016-4492 Write access violations. CVE-2016-4493 Read access violations. CVE-2016-6131 Stack buffer overflow when printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects For Debian 7 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2016-07-19 plugin id 92380 published 2016-07-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92380 title Debian DLA-552-1 : binutils security update code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-552-1. 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NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3337-1.NASL description It was discovered that Valgrind incorectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-2226) It was discovered that Valgrind incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause Valgrind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4491, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. 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NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3367-1.NASL description Hanno Bock discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain malformed AOUT headers in PE executables. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-8501) It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9939) It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2226) It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131) It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4491). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 102015 published 2017-07-27 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102015 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 : gdb vulnerabilities (USN-3367-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3368-1.NASL description It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2226) It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131) It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4491). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 102016 published 2017-07-27 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102016 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 : libiberty vulnerabilities (USN-3368-1)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90014
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90014
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70926
- https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70926
- https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-05/msg00223.html
- https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-05/msg00223.html