----------------------------------------------------------------------

Want to work within IT-Security?

Secunia is expanding its team of highly skilled security experts.
We will help with relocation and obtaining a work permit.

Currently the following type of positions are available:
http://secunia.com/quality_assurance_analyst/
http://secunia.com/web_application_security_specialist/ 
http://secunia.com/hardcore_disassembler_and_reverse_engineer/

----------------------------------------------------------------------

TITLE:
GDB "DWARF" Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21713

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21713/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
GDB 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/5137/

DESCRIPTION:
Will Drewry has reported some vulnerabilities in GDB, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges or malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors within the
handling of DWARF or DWARF2 information. This may be exploited to
execute arbitrary code with the permissions of a user opening a
specially crafted binary or core file with GDB.

SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted binaries or core files with GDB.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Will Drewry, Google Security Team.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204845

----------------------------------------------------------------------

About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories
http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org

----------------------------------------------------------------------