MGASA-2018-0035

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    MGASA-2018-0035

    Published: 3 Jan 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    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).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0035.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21376, https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3367-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gdb

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/gdb?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.12-16.1.mga6

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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