ALSA-2019:3643

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    ALSA-2019:3643

    Published: 5 Nov 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Low: gettext security update

    Details: The gettext packages provide a documentation for producing multi-lingual messages in programs, set of conventions about how programs should be written, a runtime library, and a directory and file naming organization for the message catalogs. Security Fix(es): * gettext: double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c (CVE-2018-18751) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2019-3643.html, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2018-18751

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gettext

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/gettext

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.19.8.1-17.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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