CVE-2017-9778
published 2017-06-21CVE-2017-9778: 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…
PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.11%
62.2th percentile
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.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | gdb | < gdb 8.3.1-1 (bookworm) | gdb 8.3.1-1 (bookworm) |
| gnu | gdb | <= 8.0 | — |
| gnu | gdb | >= 0 < 8.3.1-1 | 8.3.1-1 |
| gnu | gdb | >= 0 < 8.3.1-1 | 8.3.1-1 |
| gnu | gdb | >= 0 < 8.3.1-1 | 8.3.1-1 |
| gnu | gdb | >= 0 < 8.3.1-1 | 8.3.1-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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Red Hat
gdb: Malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause memory exhaustion
vendor_redhat·2017-06-15·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-9778 [MEDIUM] CWE-400 gdb: Malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause memory exhaustion
gdb: Malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause memory exhaustion
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.
Package: gdb (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: gdb (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: gdb (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2017-9778: gdb - GNU Debugger (GDB) 8.0 and earlier fails to detect a negative length field in a ...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-9778 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9778: gdb - GNU Debugger (GDB) 8.0 and earlier fails to detect a negative length field in a ...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 8.3.1-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 8.3.1-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 8.3.1-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 8.3.1-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 8.3.1-1)
GHSA
GHSA-hmmq-v5m7-8j9w: GNU Debugger (GDB) 8
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-9778 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-hmmq-v5m7-8j9w: GNU Debugger (GDB) 8
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.
OSV
CVE-2017-9778: GNU Debugger (GDB) 8
osv·2017-06-21·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-9778 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9778: GNU Debugger (GDB) 8
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9778 gdb: Malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause memory exhaustion
bugzilla·2017-06-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-9778 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9778 gdb: Malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause memory exhaustion
CVE-2017-9778 gdb: Malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause memory exhaustion
GNU Debugger (GDB) 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.
Upstream issue:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21600
Discussion:
Created gdb tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1466257]
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9778 gdb: Malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause memory exhaustion [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-06-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-9778 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9778 gdb: Malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause memory exhaustion [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-9778 gdb: Malformed section in an ELF binary or a core file can cause memory exhaustion [fedora-all]
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that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
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2017-06-21
Published