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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-GCCDEBUGINFO-3281823
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed4 Jan 2019

Introduced: 4 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-20673  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 gcc-debuginfo to version 0:8.5.0-3.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:4386.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gcc-debuginfo package and not the gcc-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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.