RHEL 9 : gdb (RHSA-2023:6372)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185096

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for gdb.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6372 advisory.

The GNU Debugger (GDB) allows users to debug programs written in various programming languages including C, C++, and Fortran.

Security Fix(es):

* libiberty: Heap/stack buffer overflow in the dlang_lname function in d-demangle.c (CVE-2021-3826)

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 9.3 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.

Solution

Update the RHEL gdb package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6372.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185096

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6372.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3826

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdb-gdbserver

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3826

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2023:6372

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