GCC v12.0 was discovered to contain an uncontrolled recursion via the component libiberty/rust-demangle.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming excessive CPU and memory resources.

An update of the gdb package has been released.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - Developer environment: Homoglyph characters can lead to trojan source attack (CVE-2021-42694)

  - 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)

  - The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1,     contains an integer overflow vulnerability (for Create an array for saving the template argument values)     that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated by nm. (CVE-2018-20673)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4277-1 advisory.

  - GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16 (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) is affected by: Improper Input Validation,     Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-of-bounds Read. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is:
    gold/fileread.cc:497, elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h:644. The attack vector is: An ELF file with an invalid e_shoff     header field must be opened. (CVE-2019-1010204)

  - A flaw was discovered in GNU libiberty within demangle_path() in rust-demangle.c, as distributed in GNU     Binutils version 2.36. A crafted symbol can cause stack memory to be exhausted leading to a crash.
    (CVE-2021-3530)

  - Heap/stack buffer overflow in the dlang_lname function in d-demangle.c in libiberty allows attackers to     potentially cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted mangled symbol.
    (CVE-2021-3826)

  - stab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils through 2.37 allows attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-     of-bounds write. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2018-12699. (CVE-2021-45078)

  - GCC v12.0 was discovered to contain an uncontrolled recursion via the component libiberty/rust-demangle.c.
    This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming excessive CPU and     memory resources. (CVE-2021-46195)

  - libiberty/rust-demangle.c in GNU GCC 11.2 allows stack consumption in demangle_const, as demonstrated by     nm-new. (CVE-2022-27943)

  - In GNU Binutils before 2.40, there is a heap-buffer-overflow in the error function bfd_getl32 when called     from the strip_main function in strip-new via a crafted file. (CVE-2022-38533)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4146-1 advisory.

  - GNU binutils gold gold v1.11-v1.16 (GNU binutils v2.21-v2.31.1) is affected by: Improper Input Validation,     Signed/Unsigned Comparison, Out-of-bounds Read. The impact is: Denial of service. The component is:
    gold/fileread.cc:497, elfcpp/elfcpp_file.h:644. The attack vector is: An ELF file with an invalid e_shoff     header field must be opened. (CVE-2019-1010204)

  - A flaw was discovered in GNU libiberty within demangle_path() in rust-demangle.c, as distributed in GNU     Binutils version 2.36. A crafted symbol can cause stack memory to be exhausted leading to a crash.
    (CVE-2021-3530)

  - Heap/stack buffer overflow in the dlang_lname function in d-demangle.c in libiberty allows attackers to     potentially cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted mangled symbol.
    (CVE-2021-3826)

  - stab_xcoff_builtin_type in stabs.c in GNU Binutils through 2.37 allows attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by an out-     of-bounds write. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2018-12699. (CVE-2021-45078)

  - GCC v12.0 was discovered to contain an uncontrolled recursion via the component libiberty/rust-demangle.c.
    This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming excessive CPU and     memory resources. (CVE-2021-46195)

  - libiberty/rust-demangle.c in GNU GCC 11.2 allows stack consumption in demangle_const, as demonstrated by     nm-new. (CVE-2022-27943)

  - In GNU Binutils before 2.40, there is a heap-buffer-overflow in the error function bfd_getl32 when called     from the strip_main function in strip-new via a crafted file. (CVE-2022-38533)

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

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-8415 advisory.

    [12.0.1-11.2]
    - Bump release and rebuild       resolves: rhbz#2096010

    [12.0.1-11.1]
    - Rebase to Fedora Rawhide       resolves: rhbz#2080170

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:8415 advisory.

  - GCC v12.0 was discovered to contain an uncontrolled recursion via the component libiberty/rust-demangle.c.
    This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming excessive CPU and     memory resources. (CVE-2021-46195)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8415 advisory.

    The gcc packages provide compilers for C, C++, Java, Fortran, Objective C, and Ada 95 GNU, as well as     related support libraries.

    Security Fix(es):

    * gcc: uncontrolled recursion in libiberty/rust-demangle.c (CVE-2021-46195)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
204288	Photon OS 4.0: Gdb PHSA-2023-4.0-0440	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
198411	RHEL 8 : gcc (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
196842	RHEL 6 : gcc (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
196817	RHEL 7 : gcc (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
168296	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2022:4277-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
168123	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2022:4146-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
168117	Oracle Linux 9 : mingw-gcc (ELSA-2022-8415)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
167846	AlmaLinux 9 : mingw-gcc (ALSA-2022:8415)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
167583	RHEL 9 : mingw-gcc (RHSA-2022:8415)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

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