Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting cpp package, versions <0:8.5.0-3.el8.alma
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-CPP-5655909
- published28 May 2023
- disclosed9 Nov 2021
Introduced: 9 Nov 2021
CVE-2018-20673 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 cpp to version 0:8.5.0-3.el8.alma or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2021:4386.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cpp package and not the cpp package as distributed by AlmaLinux.
See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
The demangle_template function in cplus-dem.c in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31.1, contains an integer overflow vulnerability (for "Create an array for saving the template argument values") that can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated by nm.