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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-1704 Detail

Current 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.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc CVE, MITRE
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91398 CVE, MITRE
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001060 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/15527 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17001 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17072 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17257 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17356 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17718 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18506 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21122 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21262 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21717 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016544 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-222.pdf CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htm CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-178.htm CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-01.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:095 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:215 CVE, MITRE
http://www.osvdb.org/16757 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-659.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-673.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-763.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0354.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0368.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13697 CVE, MITRE
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0025/ CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-55052-patch.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9071 CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/136-1/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-1704
NVD Published Date:
05/24/2005
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE