CentOS 3 : gdb (CESA-2007:0469)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25500

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated gdb package that fixes a security issue and various bugs is now available.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

GDB, the GNU debugger, allows debugging of programs written in C, C++, and other languages by executing them in a controlled fashion and then printing their data.

Various buffer overflows and underflows were found in the DWARF expression computation stack in GDB. If an attacker could trick a user into loading an executable containing malicious debugging information into GDB, they may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. (CVE-2006-4146)

This updated package also addresses the following issues :

* Support on 64-bit hosts shared libraries debuginfo larger than 2GB.

* Fix a race occasionally leaving the detached processes stopped.

* Fix segmentation fault on the source display by ^X 1.

* Fix a crash on an opaque type dereference.

All users of gdb should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected gdb package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25500

File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-0469.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 6/14/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gdb, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4146

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2007:0469

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