vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-20657: Low: gdb security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2019:3352)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 2, 2019 | Nov 6, 2019 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 2, 2019
Added
Nov 6, 2019
Modified
May 25, 2023
Description
The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, has a memory leak via a crafted string, leading to a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by cxxfilt, a related issue to CVE-2018-12698.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-gdbcentos-upgrade-gdb-debuginfocentos-upgrade-gdb-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-gdb-doccentos-upgrade-gdb-gdbservercentos-upgrade-gdb-headless
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