Summary
The gcc packages provide compilers for C, C++, Java, Fortran, Objective C, and Ada 95 GNU, as well as related support libraries.
Security Fix(es):
* Developer environment: Unicode's bidirectional (BiDi) override characters can cause trojan source attacks (CVE-2021-42574)
The following changes were introduced in gcc in order to facilitate detection of BiDi Unicode characters:
This update implements a new warning option -Wbidirectional to warn about possibly dangerous bidirectional characters.
There are three levels of warning supported by gcc:
"-Wbidirectional=unpaired", which warns about improperly terminated BiDi contexts. (This is the default.)
"-Wbidirectional=none", which turns the warning off.
"-Wbidirectional=any", which warns about any use of bidirectional characters.
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.
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux · 8 | gcc-toolset-11-gcc | 0:11.2.1-1.2.el8_5 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Unscored —
An issue was discovered in the Bidirectional Algorithm in the Unicode Specification through 14.0. It permits the visual…
References
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2005819