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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-4492: gdb security update

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Feb 24, 2017

Added

Feb 22, 2021

Modified

Apr 1, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in the do_type function in cplus-dem.c in libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted binary.

Solutions

huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-gdbhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-gdb-gdbserver

References

CVE-2016-4492
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-4492
CWE-119
EULEROS-EulerOS-SA-2021-1296
EUVD-EUVD-2016-5479
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-5479

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