SUSE SLES12 Security Update : gdb (SUSE-SU-2019:2914-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130753

Language:

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for gdb fixes the following issues :

Update to gdb 8.3.1: (jsc#ECO-368)

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-1010180: Fixed a potential buffer overflow when loading ELF sections larger than the file. (bsc#1142772)

Upgrade libipt from v2.0 to v2.0.1. Enable librpm for version > librpm.so.3 [bsc#1145692] :

- Allow any librpm.so.x

- Add %build test to check for 'zypper install <rpm-packagename>' message </rpm-packagename>

Copy gdbinit from fedora master @ 25caf28. Add gdbinit.without-python, and use it for --without=python.

Rebase to 8.3 release (as in fedora 30 @ 1e222a3). DWARF index cache:
GDB can now automatically save indices of DWARF symbols on disk to speed up further loading of the same binaries.

Ada task switching is now supported on aarch64-elf targets when debugging a program using the Ravenscar Profile.

Terminal styling is now available for the CLI and the TUI.

Removed support for old demangling styles arm, edg, gnu, hp and lucid.

Support for new native configuration RISC-V GNU/Linux (riscv*-*-linux*).

Implemented access to more POWER8 registers. [fate#326120, fate#325178]

Add gdb-s390-handle-arch13.diff to handle most new s390 arch13 instructions. [fate#327369, jsc#ECO-368]

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-2914=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-2914=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2019-2914=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-2914=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2019-2914=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2019-2914=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130753

File Name: suse_SU-2019-2914-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/8/2019

Updated: 4/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1010180

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gdb, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gdb-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gdb-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1010180

Detections

Analytics