Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libgcc package, versions <0:8.5.0-3.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBGCC-4159472
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Dec 2018

Introduced: 27 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20673  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 libgcc to version 0:8.5.0-3.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:4386.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgcc package and not the libgcc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.