[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: gdb-7.4.50.20120120-42.fc17

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-6635
2012-04-26 19:18:06
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Name        : gdb
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 7.4.50.20120120
Release     : 42.fc17
URL         : http://gnu.org/software/gdb/
Summary     : A GNU source-level debugger for C, C++, Fortran and other languages
Description :
GDB, the GNU debugger, allows you to debug programs written in C, C++,
Java, and other languages, by executing them in a controlled fashion
and printing their data.

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Update Information:

Update "set auto-load" patchset and the --with-auto-load-safe-path setting.

Security fix for loading untrusted inferiors, see "set auto-load".

Security fix for loading untrusted inferiors, see "set auto-load".

Workaround crashes from stale frame_info pointer (BZ 804256).

Security fix for loading untrusted inferiors, see "set auto-load" (BZ 756117).

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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #756117 - CVE-2011-4355 gdb: arbitrary code execution via .debug_gdb_scripts [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=756117
  [ 2 ] Bug #804256 - gdb: until command segfaults in amd64_sigtramp_frame_sniffer
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804256
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