Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting elfutils-libs package, versions <0:0.160-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.83% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-ELFUTILSLIBS-2030858
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Apr 2014

Introduced: 9 Apr 2014

CVE-2014-0172  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 elfutils-libs to version 0:0.160-1.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils-libs package and not the elfutils-libs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the check_section function in dwarf_begin_elf.c in the libdw library, as used in elfutils 0.153 and possibly through 0.158 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed compressed debug section in an ELF file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1