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Alma Linux: CVE-2018-20673: Low: gcc security and bug fix update (ALSA-2021-4386)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2018-20673: Low: gcc security and bug fix update (ALSA-2021-4386)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/04/2019
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, contains an integer overflow vulnerability (for "Create an array for saving the template argument values") that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated by nm.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-cpp
  • alma-upgrade-gcc
  • alma-upgrade-gcc-c++
  • alma-upgrade-gcc-gdb-plugin
  • alma-upgrade-gcc-gfortran
  • alma-upgrade-gcc-offload-nvptx
  • alma-upgrade-gcc-plugin-devel
  • alma-upgrade-libitm-devel
  • alma-upgrade-libquadmath-devel
  • alma-upgrade-libstdc++-devel
  • alma-upgrade-libstdc++-docs
  • alma-upgrade-libstdc++-static

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