{
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "id": "MGASA-2018-0034",
  "published": "2018-01-03T14:22:14Z",
  "modified": "2018-01-03T13:50:45Z",
  "summary": "Updated gdb packages fix security vulnerability",
  "details": "Hanno Böck discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain malformed AOUT\nheaders in PE executables. If a user or automated system were tricked into\nprocessing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this\nissue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code (CVE-2014-8501).\n\nIt was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled printing bad bytes in Intel\nHex objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a\nspecially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause\ngdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2014-9939).\n\nIt was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain string operations.\nIf a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially\ncrafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode (CVE-2016-2226).\n\nIt was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries.\nIf a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially\ncrafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488,\nCVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4491, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493,\nCVE-2016-6131).\n",
  "related": [
    "CVE-2014-8501",
    "CVE-2014-9939",
    "CVE-2016-2226",
    "CVE-2016-4487",
    "CVE-2016-4488",
    "CVE-2016-4489",
    "CVE-2016-4490",
    "CVE-2016-4491",
    "CVE-2016-4492",
    "CVE-2016-4493",
    "CVE-2016-6131"
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0034.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21376"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3367-1/"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Mageia:5",
        "name": "gdb",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/mageia/gdb?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.8.1-7.1.mga5"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "section": "core"
      }
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Mageia",
      "type": "COORDINATOR",
      "contact": [
        "https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"
      ]
    }
  ]
}