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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-4491): Valgrind vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-4491): Valgrind vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/24/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/21/2017
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

The d_print_comp function in cp-demangle.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary, which triggers infinite recursion and a buffer overflow, related to a node having "itself as ancestor more than once."

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-binutils
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-binutils-multiarch
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-gdb
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libiberty-dev
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-valgrind

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