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authorThomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>2020-03-15 20:14:24 +0100
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[ GLSA 202003-31 ] gdb: Buffer overflow
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202003-31">
+ <title>gdb: Buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>A buffer overflow in gdb might allow a remote attacker to cause a
+ Denial of Service condition.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">gdb</product>
+ <announced>2020-03-15</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2020-03-15</revised>
+ <bug>690582</bug>
+ <access>local, remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="sys-devel/gdb" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">9.1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">9.1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>gdb is the GNU project’s debugger, facilitating the analysis and
+ debugging of applications. The BFD library provides a uniform method of
+ accessing a variety of object file formats.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>It was discovered that gdb didn’t properly validate the ELF section
+ sizes from input file.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted ELF
+ binary using gdb, possibly resulting in information disclosure or a
+ Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All gdb users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-devel/gdb-9.1"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010180">
+ CVE-2019-1010180
+ </uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-03-15T19:07:24Z">whissi</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-03-15T19:13:13Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>