The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6842-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain memory operations when parsing an ELF file. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue is the result of an     incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-4285)

    It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled memory leading to a heap based buffer overflow. An attacker     could use this

    issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute

    arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

    (CVE-2023-1972)

    It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled memory leading to a stack overflow. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected

    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

    (CVE-2023-39128)

    It was discovered that gdb had a use after free vulnerability under certain circumstances. An attacker     could use this to cause

    a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue

    only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

    and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-39129)

    It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled memory leading to a

    heap based buffer overflow. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly     execute arbitrary code. This issue

    only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-39130)

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

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

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : gdb vulnerabilities (USN-6842-1)

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