MGASA-2018-0035

Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0035.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0035.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2018-0035
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Published
2018-01-03T14:22:14Z
Modified
2018-01-03T13:51:11Z
Summary
Updated gdb packages fix security vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-4491, CVE-2016-6131).

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