Description
Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published: 2005-05-24
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-1706 Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-135-1 gdb vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-136-1 binutils vulnerability
References
Link Providers
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91398 cve-icon cve-icon
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001060 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/15527 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17001 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17072 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17257 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17356 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17718 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18506 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21122 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21262 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21717 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016544 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-222.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-178.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-01.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:095 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:215 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.osvdb.org/16757 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-659.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-673.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-763.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0354.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0368.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13697 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0025/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-55052-patch.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1704 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9071 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/136-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1704 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:59:24.170Z

Reserved: 2005-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1704

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-24T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1704

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2005-05-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-1704 - Bugzilla

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