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Red Hat: CVE-2018-20657: Low: gdb security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2019:3352)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-20657: Low: gdb security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2019:3352)

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
05/16/2022

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

References

  • 106444
  • CVE-2018-20657
  • RHSA-2019:3352

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