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

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

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/04/2019
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
06/15/2023

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)

  • centos-upgrade-cpp
  • centos-upgrade-cpp-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-gcc
  • centos-upgrade-gcc-c
  • centos-upgrade-gcc-c-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-gcc-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-gcc-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-gcc-gdb-plugin
  • centos-upgrade-gcc-gdb-plugin-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-gcc-gfortran
  • centos-upgrade-gcc-gfortran-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-gcc-plugin-devel-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libasan
  • centos-upgrade-libasan-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libatomic
  • centos-upgrade-libatomic-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libatomic-static
  • centos-upgrade-libgcc
  • centos-upgrade-libgcc-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libgfortran
  • centos-upgrade-libgfortran-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libgomp
  • centos-upgrade-libgomp-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libitm
  • centos-upgrade-libitm-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libitm-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libstdc
  • centos-upgrade-libstdc-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libstdc-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libstdc-docs
  • centos-upgrade-libubsan
  • centos-upgrade-libubsan-debuginfo

References

  • 106454
  • CVE-2018-20673

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