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Amazon Linux 2 : gdb (ALAS-2024-2685)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 210066
Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of gdb installed on the remote host is prior to 8.0.1-36. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2685 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 'yum update gdb' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2685.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-39128.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-39129.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 210066
File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2685.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 11/1/2024
Updated: 11/1/2024
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-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb-doc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb-gdbserver
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2023