NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : gdb Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0165)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 242767

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has gdb packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function pe_as16() at /gdb/coff-pe-read.c. (CVE-2023-39130)

- GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function ada_decode at /gdb/ada-lang.c. (CVE-2023-39128)

- GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a heap use after free via the function add_pe_exported_sym() at /gdb/coff-pe-read.c. (CVE-2023-39129)

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

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL gdb packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2025-0165

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2023-39128

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2023-39129

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2023-39130

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 242767

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2025-0165_gdb.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/25/2025

Updated: 7/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39130

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:zte:cgsl_main:gdb-headless, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:7, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:gdb

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39128, CVE-2023-39129, CVE-2023-39130