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Amazon Linux 2023 : gdb, gdb-gdbserver, gdb-headless (ALAS2023-2024-738)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 208971

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-738 advisory.

 GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function ada_decode at /gdb/ada-lang.c. (CVE-2023-39128)

 GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a heap use after free via the function add_pe_exported_sym() at /gdb/coff-pe-read.c. (CVE-2023-39129)

 GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function pe_as16() at /gdb/coff-pe-read.c. (CVE-2023-39130)

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

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update gdb --releasever 2023.6.20241010' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-738.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-39128.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-39129.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-39130.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 208971

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-738.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2024

Updated: 10/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39130

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb-headless, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb-minimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb-gdbserver, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb-debugsource, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39128, CVE-2023-39129, CVE-2023-39130