Advisory Published

USN-3367-1: gdb vulnerabilities

First published: Wed Jul 26 2017(Updated: )

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)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/gdb<7.12.50.20170314-0ubuntu1.1
7.12.50.20170314-0ubuntu1.1
=17.04
All of
ubuntu/gdb<7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5
7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5
=16.04
All of
ubuntu/gdb<7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3
7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3
=14.04

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the vulnerability ID for the gdb vulnerabilities?

    The vulnerability ID for the gdb vulnerabilities is USN-3367-1.

  • How can gdb handle malformed AOUT headers in PE executables?

    gdb can handle malformed AOUT headers in PE executables by updating to version 7.12.50.20170314-0ubuntu1.1.

  • What is the remedy for the gdb vulnerability in Ubuntu 17.04?

    The remedy for the gdb vulnerability in Ubuntu 17.04 is to update to version 7.12.50.20170314-0ubuntu1.1.

  • What is the remedy for the gdb vulnerability in Ubuntu 16.04?

    The remedy for the gdb vulnerability in Ubuntu 16.04 is to update to version 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5.

  • What is the remedy for the gdb vulnerability in Ubuntu 14.04?

    The remedy for the gdb vulnerability in Ubuntu 14.04 is to update to version 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.3.

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