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========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3367-1 July 26, 2017
gdb vulnerabilities ==========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in gdb.
Software Description: - gdb: GNU Debugger
Details:
Hanno Böck discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain malformed AOUT headers in PE executables. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-8501)
It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled printing bad bytes in Intel Hex objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9939)
It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2226)
It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131)
It was discovered that gdb incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause gdb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4491)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.04: gdb 7.12.50.20170314-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: gdb 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: gdb 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References: https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3367-1 CVE-2014-8501, CVE-2014-9939, CVE-2016-2226, CVE-2016-4487, CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4491, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131
Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/7.12.50.20170314-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3
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