Name | CVE-2016-6131 |
Description | The demangler in GNU Libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack overflow, and crash) via a cycle in the references of remembered mangled types. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-552-1 |
Debian Bugs | 840889 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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binutils (PTS) | bullseye | 2.35.2-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.40-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.43.50.20241126-3 | fixed |
ht (PTS) | sid, trixie, bookworm, bullseye | 2.1.0+repack1-5 | fixed |
libiberty (PTS) | bullseye | 20210106-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 20230104-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 20241020-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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binutils | source | wheezy | 2.22-8+deb7u3 | | DLA-552-1 | |
binutils | source | (unstable) | 2.27.51.20161102-1 | low | | |
ht | source | (unstable) | 2.1.0+repack1-2 | low | | |
libiberty | source | (unstable) | 20161017-1 | low | | 840889 |
Notes
[jessie] - libiberty <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - ht <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - ht <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - binutils <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71696
https://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/gcc?view=revision&revision=239143