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Oracle Linux 8 : gdb (ELSA-2020-1635)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180981

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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-2020-1635 advisory.

 [8.2-11.0.1]
 - Import Implement s390x arch13 support (Andreas Krebbel, RH BZ 1768593).

 [8.2-8.0.2]
 - Forward-port patches from ol8-u1:
 gdb-ctf-forward-type.patch gdb-ctf-func-args.patch gdb-ctf-optout-var.patch
 - Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <[email protected]>

 [8.2-8.0.1]
 - Forward-port patches from ol8-u1:
 gdb-ctf.patch gdb-ctf-upstream1.patch gdb-ctf-prfunc.patch
 - Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi <[email protected]>

 [8.2-8.el8]
 - Fix buffer overflow reading sections with invalid sizes (Keith Seitz, RH BZ 1742099)

 [8.2-7.el8]
 - Fix segfault that happens on parse_macro_definition because debugedit corrupts the .debug_macro section (Sergio Durigan Junior, RH BZ 1708192).

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-1635.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180981

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-1635.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:oracle:linux:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gdb-headless, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gdb-doc, 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: 5/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1010180