SUSE update for gdb

Published: 2023-06-12

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2017-16829 CVE-2018-7208
CWE-ID	CWE-125 CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system gdb Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component gdbserver-32bit Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component gdbserver-debuginfo-32bit Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component gdb-debuginfo-32bit Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component gdbserver-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component gdbserver Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component gdb-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component gdb-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU37961

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16829

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the elf-properties.c function in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.

Mitigation

Update the affected package gdb to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP5

gdb: before 12.1-2.20.1

gdbserver-32bit: before 12.1-2.20.1

gdbserver-debuginfo-32bit: before 12.1-2.20.1

gdb-debuginfo-32bit: before 12.1-2.20.1

gdbserver-debuginfo: before 12.1-2.20.1

gdbserver: before 12.1-2.20.1

gdb-debugsource: before 12.1-2.20.1

gdb-debuginfo: before 12.1-2.20.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20232485-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU10837

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7208

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation