# Security update for gdb

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0898-1  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1068950
  * bsc#1081527
  * bsc#1211052
  * jsc#PED-6584

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2017-16829
  * CVE-2018-7208
  * CVE-2022-48064

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2017-16829 ( SUSE ):  3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  * CVE-2017-16829 ( NVD ):  7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2018-7208 ( SUSE ):  3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  * CVE-2018-7208 ( NVD ):  7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2022-48064 ( SUSE ):  0.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
  * CVE-2022-48064 ( NVD ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  
Affected Products:

  * Development Tools Module 15-SP5
  * openSUSE Leap 15.4
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

  
  
An update that solves three vulnerabilities and contains one feature can now be
installed.

## Description:

This update for gdb fixes the following issues:

  * Drop libdebuginfod1 BuildRequires/Recommends. The former isn't needed
    because there's a build requirement on libdebuginfod-devel already, which
    will pull the shared library. And the latter, because it's bogus since RPM
    auto generated dependency will take care of that requirement.

gdb was released in 13.2:

  * This version of GDB includes the following changes and enhancements:

  * Support for the following new targets has been added in both GDB and
    GDBserver:
    
        * GNU/Linux/LoongArch (gdbserver) loongarch*-*-linux*
    * GNU/Linux/CSKY (gdbserver) csky*-*linux*
    

  * The Windows native target now supports target async.

  * Floating-point support has now been added on LoongArch GNU/Linux.
  * New commands:
    
        * set print nibbles [on|off]
    * show print nibbles
    
    * This controls whether the 'print/t' command will display binary values in groups of four bits, known as "nibbles". The default is 'off'.
      Various styling-related commands. See the gdb/NEWS file for more details.
      Various maintenance commands. These are normally aimed at GDB experts or developers. See the gdb/NEWS file for more details.
    

  * Python API improvements:
    
          * New Python API for instruction disassembly.
    
      * The new attribute 'locations' of gdb.Breakpoint returns a list of gdb.BreakpointLocation objects specifying the locations where the breakpoint is inserted into the debuggee.
      * New Python type gdb.BreakpointLocation.
      * New function gdb.format_address(ADDRESS, PROGSPACE, ARCHITECTURE) that formats ADDRESS as 'address '
      * New function gdb.current_language that returns the name of the current language. Unlike gdb.parameter('language'), this will never return 'auto'.
      * New function gdb.print_options that returns a dictionary of the prevailing print options, in the form accepted by gdb.Value.format_string.
      * New method gdb.Frame.language that returns the name of the frame's language.
      * gdb.Value.format_string now uses the format provided by 'print', if it is called during a 'print' or other similar operation.
      * gdb.Value.format_string now accepts the 'summary' keyword. This can be used to request a shorter representation of a value, the way that 'set print frame-arguments scalars' does.
      * The gdb.register_window_type method now restricts the set of acceptable window names. The first character of a window's name must start with a character in the set [a-zA-Z], every subsequent character of a window's name must be in the set [-_.a-zA-Z0-9].
    

    * GDB/MI changes:

      * MI version 1 is deprecated, and will be removed in GDB 14.
      * The async record stating the stopped reason 'breakpoint-hit' now contains an optional field locno. 
  * Miscellaneous improvements:
    
          * gdb now supports zstd compressed debug sections (ELFCOMPRESS_ZSTD) for ELF.
      * New convenience variable $_inferior_thread_count contains the number of live threads in the current inferior.
      * New convenience variables $_hit_bpnum and $_hit_locno, set to the breakpoint number and the breakpoint location number of the breakpoint last hit.
      * The "info breakpoints" now displays enabled breakpoint locations of disabled breakpoints as in the "y-" state.
      * The format of 'disassemble /r' and 'record instruction-history /r' has changed to match the layout of GNU objdump when disassembling.
    
      * A new format "/b" has been introduce to provide the old behavior of "/r".
      * The TUI no longer styles the source and assembly code highlighted by the current position indicator by default. You can however re-enable styling using the new "set style tui-current-position" command.
      * It is now possible to use the "document" command to document user-defined commands.
      * Support for memory tag data for AArch64 MTE.
    

  * Support Removal notices:
    
          * DBX mode has been removed.
      * Support for building against Python version 2 has been removed. It is now only possible to build GDB against Python 3.
      * Support for the following commands has been removed:
    
      * set debug aix-solib on|off
      * show debug aix-solib
      * set debug solib-frv on|off
      * show debug solib-frv
    
      * Use the "set/show debug solib" commands instead.
    

See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list of what this release
includes.

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.4  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-898=1

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5  
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-898=1

  * Development Tools Module 15-SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP5-2024-898=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2024-898=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-898=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLED-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-898=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-898=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2024-898=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * gdb-debugsource-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586 nosrc)
    * gdb-testresults-13.2-150400.15.14.4
  * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)
    * gdb-64bit-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-64bit-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-64bit-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-64bit-13.2-150400.15.14.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * gdb-debugsource-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 nosrc)
    * gdb-testresults-13.2-150400.15.14.4
  * Development Tools Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * gdb-debugsource-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64
    x86_64)
    * gdb-debugsource-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64
    x86_64)
    * gdb-debugsource-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4 (x86_64)
    * gdb-debugsource-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x
    x86_64)
    * gdb-debugsource-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * gdb-debugsource-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdb-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1
    * gdbserver-debuginfo-13.2-150400.15.14.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16829.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7208.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48064.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1068950
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081527
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211052
  * https://jira.suse.com/login.jsp