Double Free Affecting gettext-libs package, versions <0:0.19.8.1-3.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.26% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GETTEXTLIBS-2550767
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed29 Oct 2018

Introduced: 29 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18751  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 gettext-libs to version 0:0.19.8.1-3.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-1138.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt.