RHBA-2005:675

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2005-09-28 00:00 - Updated: 2026-01-13 22:17
Summary
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: gdb bug fix update
Severity
Low
Notes
Topic: An updated gdb package that fixes various bugs is now available.
Details: GDB, the GNU debugger, allows debugging of programs written in C, C++, and other languages, by executing them in a controlled fashion, and then printing their data. This updated package addresses the following issues: - GDB on ia64 had previously implemented a bug fix to work-around a kernel problem when creating a core file via gcore. The bug fix caused a significant slow-down of gcore. - GDB on Itanium issued an extraneous warning when gcore was used. - GDB on Itanium could not successfully do an info frame for a signal trampoline. - GDB on AMD64 and Intel EM64T had problems attaching to a 32-bit process. - GDB on AMD64 and Intel EM64T was not properly handling threaded watchpoints. - GDB could not build with gcc4 when -Werror flag was set. - GDB had problems printing inherited members of C++ classes. - A few updates from mainline sources concerning Dwarf2 partial die in cache support, follow-fork support, interrupted syscall support, and DW_OP_piece read support. All users of gdb should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.
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CVE-2005-1704

Integer overflow in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library for gdb before 6.3, binutils, elfutils, and possibly other packages, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted object file that specifies a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Red Hat Desktop version 3
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop —
Vendor Fix fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3::as —
Vendor Fix fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3::es —
Vendor Fix fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3::ws —
Vendor Fix fix
Threats
Impact Low
CVE-2005-1705

gdb before 6.3 searches the current working directory to load the .gdbinit configuration file, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as the user running gdb.

Affected products
Fixed 4 products, the same list as for CVE-2005-1704
Threats
Impact Low
References
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