RHBA-2005:675 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated gdb package that fixes various bugs is now available.

Description

GDB, the GNU debugger, allows debugging of programs written in C, C++,
and other languages, by executing them in a controlled fashion, and then
printing their data.

This updated package addresses the following issues:

• GDB on ia64 had previously implemented a bug fix to work-around a kernel

problem when creating a core file via gcore. The bug fix caused a
significant slow-down of gcore.

• GDB on Itanium issued an extraneous warning when gcore was used.
• GDB on Itanium could not successfully do an info frame for a signal

trampoline.

• GDB on AMD64 and Intel EM64T had problems attaching to a 32-bit process.
• GDB on AMD64 and Intel EM64T was not properly handling threaded watchpoints.
• GDB could not build with gcc4 when -Werror flag was set.
• GDB had problems printing inherited members of C++ classes.
• A few updates from mainline sources concerning Dwarf2 partial die in

cache support, follow-fork support, interrupted syscall support, and
DW_OP_piece read support.

All users of gdb should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 137904 - gdb/dwarf2read.c:4969: internal-error: could not find partial DIE in cache

CVEs

• CVE-2005-1704
• CVE-2005-1705

References

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