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Red Hat: CVE-2018-20657: CVE-2018-20657 libiberty: Memory leak in demangle_template function resulting in a denial of service (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-20657: CVE-2018-20657 libiberty: Memory leak in demangle_template function resulting in a denial of service (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/02/2019
Created
11/07/2019
Added
11/06/2019
Modified
12/15/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-gdb
  • redhat-upgrade-gdb-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-gdb-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-gdb-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-gdb-gdbserver
  • redhat-upgrade-gdb-headless

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