Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 24, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-1704
CVE-2005-1704
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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References
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- secunia.com/advisories/17001nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17072nvdVendor Advisory
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- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-659.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-673.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-763.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267nvdVendor Advisory
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.ascnvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18506nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-222.pdfnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htmnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-178.htmnvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-01.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.osvdb.org/16757nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0354.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0368.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13697nvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0025/nvd
- www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-55052-patch.htmlnvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9071nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/136-1/nvd
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