Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20123509000
Revision Date:2012-09-05Version:1
Title:CVE-2012-3509 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.
Description:Multiple integer overflows in the (1) _objalloc_alloc function in objalloc.c and (2) objalloc_alloc macro in include/objalloc.h in GNU libiberty, as used by binutils 2.22, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the "addition of CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE to the length," which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2012-3509
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'binutils' package in trusty is not affected (note: '2.24-5ubuntu3').
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