UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9778

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9778
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9778.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9778
Upstream
Published
2017-06-21T07:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:17Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

GNU Debugger (GDB) 8.0 and earlier fails to detect a negative length field in a DWARF section. A malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause GDB to repeatedly allocate memory until a process limit is reached. This can, for example, impede efforts to analyze malware with GDB.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / gdb

Package

Name
gdb
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gdb@7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*

7.10-1ubuntu2
7.10-1ubuntu3
7.10.1-0ubuntu1
7.10.90.20160215-0ubuntu2
7.10.90.20160220-0ubuntu1
7.11-0ubuntu1
7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.04
7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5
7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5+esm1",
            "binary_name": "gdb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5+esm1",
            "binary_name": "gdb-multiarch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5+esm1",
            "binary_name": "gdb-source"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5+esm1",
            "binary_name": "gdb64"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5+esm1",
            "binary_name": "gdbserver"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / gdb

Package

Name
gdb
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gdb@8.1.1-0ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.0.1-0ubuntu1
8.0.1-0ubuntu2
8.0.1-0ubuntu3
8.1-0ubuntu1
8.1-0ubuntu2
8.1-0ubuntu3
8.1-0ubuntu3.1
8.1-0ubuntu3.2
8.1.1-0ubuntu1
8.1.1-0ubuntu1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.1.1-0ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "gdb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.1.1-0ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "gdb-multiarch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.1.1-0ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "gdb-source"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.1.1-0ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "gdbserver"
        }
    ]
}