Recommended update for gdb

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:1019-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gdb fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed a heap-use-after-free issue in remote_async_inferior_event_handler
  • Changed the license back to "GPL-3.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-with-GCC-exception AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later" - it was accidentally changed (bsc#1180786)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP2-2021-1019=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gdb-debugsource-10.1-8.24.1
    • gdb-debuginfo-10.1-8.24.1
    • gdbserver-debuginfo-10.1-8.24.1
    • gdb-10.1-8.24.1
    • gdbserver-10.1-8.24.1

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