MGASA-2020-0132

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0132.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0132.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2020-0132
Published
2020-03-08T22:37:31Z
Modified
2026-04-16T04:25:58Z
Summary
Updated gcc packages fix security vulnerability
Details

This update provides gcc 8.4.0 stable release, containing important fixes for regressions and serious bugs in GCC 8.3 with more than 209 bugs fixed since the previous release.

It also fixes at least the following security issue:

every time the collect2 process is interrupted via a signal it can delete random files from the hard drive, since the signal handler may be using the path name, and passes it to the unlink function before it is initialized.

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:7 / gcc

Package

Name
gcc
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/gcc?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.4.0-1.mga7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0132.json"