RHSA-2019:3352 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: gdb security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 6, 2019
Updated · March 18, 2026
Topic
An update for gdb is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The GNU Debugger (GDB) allows users to debug programs written in various programming languages including C, C++, and Fortran.
Security Fix(es):
- libiberty: Memory leak in demangle_template function resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2018-20657)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.