Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A security issue was identified and fixed in gc:
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) GC_generic_malloc and (2) calloc funtions in malloc.c, and the (3) GC_generic_malloc_ignore_off_page function in mallocx.c in Boehm-Demers-Weiser GC (libgc) before 7.2 make 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 (CVE-2012-2673).
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected
gc on Mandriva Linux 2011.0,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-2673 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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