Summary
It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain memory operations
when parsing an ELF file. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. This issue is the result of an
incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16599. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-4285)
It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled memory leading
to a heap based buffer overflow. An attacker could use this
issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2023-1972)
It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled memory leading
to a stack overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2023-39128)
It was discovered that gdb had a use after free vulnerability
under certain circumstances. An attacker could use this to cause
a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-39129)
It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled memory leading to a
heap based buffer overflow. An attacker could use this issue to cause
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2023-39130)
Fixed packages 4
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | gdb | 9.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.2 |
| Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS | gdb | 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS | gdb | 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5+esm1 |
| Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS | gdb | 8.1.1-0ubuntu1+esm1 |
Vulnerabilities 5
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Medium 6.5
A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss…
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Medium 5.5
An illegal memory access flaw was found in the binutils package. Parsing an ELF file containing corrupt symbol version …
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Unscored —
GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the function ada_decode at /gdb/ada-l…
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Unscored —
GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a heap use after free via the function add_pe_exported_sym…
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Unscored —
GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220805-git was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function pe_as16() at /gdb/…