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Low ALSA-2019:3643 1 CVE

Low: gettext security update

Published Nov 5, 2019 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 gettext 0.19.8.1-17.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 gettext-common-devel 0.19.8.1-17.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 gettext-devel 0.19.8.1-17.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 gettext-libs 0.19.8.1-17.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2018-18751