Low: gettext

Issue Overview:

An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt. (CVE-2018-18751)

Affected Packages:

gettext

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update gettext to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.aarch64  
    gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.aarch64  
    gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.aarch64  
    gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.i686  
    gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.i686  
    gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.i686  
    gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.i686  
  
noarch:  
    gettext-common-devel-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.noarch  
    emacs-gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.noarch  
  
src:  
    gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.x86_64  
    gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.x86_64  
    gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.x86_64  
    gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-18751

Mitre: CVE-2018-18751