Divide By Zero Affecting libdwarf package, versions <0.6.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE318-LIBDWARF-5512734
  • published10 May 2023
  • disclosed24 Jul 2019

Introduced: 24 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-14249  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.18 libdwarf to version 0.6.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libdwarf package and not the libdwarf package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.18 relevant fixed versions and status.

dwarf_elf_load_headers.c in libdwarf before 2019-07-05 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (division by zero) via an ELF file with a zero-size section group (SHT_GROUP), as demonstrated by dwarfdump.