All errata/sisyphus/ALT-PU-2018-2430-1
ALT-PU-2018-2430-1

Package update gdb in branch sisyphus

Version8.2.50.20180917-alt1
Published2018-10-08
Max severityMEDIUM
Severity:

Closed issues (1)

CVE-2017-9778
MEDIUM5.5

GNU Debugger (GDB) 8.0 and earlier fails to detect a negative length field in a DWARF section. A malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause GDB to repeatedly allocate memory until a process limit is reached. This can, for example, impede efforts to analyze malware with GDB.

Published: 2017-06-21Modified: 2025-04-20
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS 3.xMEDIUM 5.5
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H