MGASA-2018-0464

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    MGASA-2018-0464

    Published: 21 Nov 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-18751

    Summary: Updated gettext packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt. (CVE-2018-18751)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0464.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23843, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3815-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gettext

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.19.8.1-1.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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