Out-of-bounds Write Affecting elfutils-devel-static package, versions <0:0.176-2.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-ELFUTILSDEVELSTATIC-1675522
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed9 Feb 2019

Introduced: 9 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-7664  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 elfutils-devel-static to version 0:0.176-2.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1337.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils-devel-static package and not the elfutils-devel-static package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In elfutils 0.175, a negative-sized memcpy is attempted in elf_cvt_note in libelf/note_xlate.h because of an incorrect overflow check. Crafted elf input causes a segmentation fault, leading to denial of service (program crash).

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