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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-18751: Low: gettext security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-18751: Low: gettext security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/29/2018
Created
11/07/2019
Added
11/06/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-emacs-gettext
  • centos-upgrade-gettext
  • centos-upgrade-gettext-common-devel
  • centos-upgrade-gettext-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-gettext-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-gettext-devel
  • centos-upgrade-gettext-devel-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-gettext-libs
  • centos-upgrade-gettext-libs-debuginfo

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