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LIN6-8949 : Security Advisory - boost - CVE-2012-2677

Created: Dec 2, 2014    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Nov 28, 2015
Previous ID: LIN5-19854
Found In Version: 6.0
Fix Version: 6.0.0.27
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Userspace

Description

Integer overflow in the ordered_malloc function in boost/pool/pool.hpp in Boost Pool before 3.9 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-2677

Workaround

Unknown

Steps to Reproduce

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