Resource Exhaustion Affecting gdb-gdbserver package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.11% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GDBGDBSERVER-1987703
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Jun 2017

Introduced: 15 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9778  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 gdb-gdbserver.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gdb-gdbserver package and not the gdb-gdbserver package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Debugger (GDB) 8.0 and earlier fails to detect a negative length field in a DWARF section. A malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause GDB to repeatedly allocate memory until a process limit is reached. This can, for example, impede efforts to analyze malware with GDB.