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Oracle Linux 8 : gdb (ELSA-2019-3352)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180781

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-3352 advisory.

 - 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. (CVE-2018-20657)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-3352.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180781

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-3352.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 9/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20657

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gdb-gdbserver, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gdb

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20657