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CVS commit: [netbsd-3-1] src/gnu/dist/binutils/bfd



Module Name:    src
Committed By:   ghen
Date:           Mon Jun 23 10:39:43 UTC 2008

Modified Files:
        src/gnu/dist/binutils/bfd [netbsd-3-1]: tekhex.c

Log Message:
Pull up following revision(s) (requested by adrianp in ticket #1941):
        gnu/dist/binutils/bfd/tekhex.c: revision 1.2 via patch
Fix for PR #33551 (a.k.a CVE-2006-2362)
Back port from the binutils CVS tree
Buffer overflow in getsym in tekhex.c in libbfd in Free Software Foundation
GNU Binutils before 20060423, as used by GNU strings, allows context-dependent
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly
execute arbitrary code via a file with a crafted Tektronix Hex Format (TekHex)
record in which the length character is not a valid hexadecimal character.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -r1.1.1.2 -r1.1.1.2.6.1 src/gnu/dist/binutils/bfd/tekhex.c

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