RedHat: RHSA-2019-3352:01 Low: gdb security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Summary
The GNU Debugger (GDB) allows users to debug programs written in various
programming languages including C, C++, and Fortran.
Security Fix(es):
* libiberty: Memory leak in demangle_template function resulting in a
denial of service (CVE-2018-20657)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20657 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.1_release_notes/
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
gdb-8.2-6.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
gdb-8.2-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
gdb-debuginfo-8.2-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
gdb-debugsource-8.2-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
gdb-gdbserver-8.2-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
gdb-headless-8.2-6.el8.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
gdb-doc-8.2-6.el8.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
gdb-8.2-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
gdb-debuginfo-8.2-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
gdb-debugsource-8.2-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
gdb-gdbserver-8.2-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
gdb-headless-8.2-6.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
gdb-8.2-6.el8.s390x.rpm
gdb-debuginfo-8.2-6.el8.s390x.rpm
gdb-debugsource-8.2-6.el8.s390x.rpm
gdb-gdbserver-8.2-6.el8.s390x.rpm
gdb-headless-8.2-6.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
gdb-8.2-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
gdb-debuginfo-8.2-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
gdb-debugsource-8.2-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
gdb-gdbserver-8.2-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
gdb-headless-8.2-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for gdb is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1664708 - CVE-2018-20657 libiberty: Memory leak in demangle_template function resulting in a denial of service
