Source: gdb Version: 7.7.1+dfsg-1 Severity: normal Tags: security upstream Forwarded: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21600
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for gdb, filling a bug to track the issue and the fix status. CVE-2017-9778[0]: | 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. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9778 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9778 Regards, Salvatore _______________________________________________ Secure-testing-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/secure-testing-team
