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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-1685

** DISPUTED ** gcc 4.2.0 through 4.3.0 in GNU Compiler Collection, when casts are not used, considers the sum of a pointer and an int to be greater than or equal to the pointer, which might lead to removal of length testing code that was intended as a protection mechanism against integer overflow and buffer overflow attacks, and provide no diagnostic message about this removal. NOTE: the vendor has determined that this compiler behavior is correct according to section 6.5.6 of the C99 standard (aka ISO/IEC 9899:1999).
Publish Date : 2008-04-06 Last Update Date : 2017-08-07
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
6.8
Confidentiality Impact Partial (There is considerable informational disclosure.)
Integrity Impact Partial (Modification of some system files or information is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what can be modified, or the scope of what the attacker can affect is limited.)
Availability Impact Partial (There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access User
Vulnerability Type(s) Overflow
CWE ID 119

- Vendor Statements

The Red Hat Security Response Team is aware of this new gcc behavior and is currently working to determine what impact these changes will have on the source code processed by the compiler. These changes do not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2, 3, 4, or 5.
Source: Redhat

- Products Affected By CVE-2008-1685

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application GNU GCC 4.2.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 Application GNU GCC 4.2.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 Application GNU GCC 4.2.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application GNU GCC 4.2.3 Version Details Vulnerabilities
5 Application GNU GCC 4.2.4 Version Details Vulnerabilities
6 Application GNU GCC 4.3.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
GNU GCC 6

- References For CVE-2008-1685

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41686
XF gcc-weak-security(41686)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162289
CERT-VN VU#162289
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26763

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2008-1685

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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