Improper Input Validation Affecting elfutils package, versions <0.159-4.2+deb8u1
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EPSS
0.78% (82nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-ELFUTILS-322326
- published 9 Apr 2017
- disclosed 9 Apr 2017
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 elfutils to version 0.159-4.2+deb8u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils package and not the elfutils package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the number of sections and the number of segments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7613
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-xcalloc-xmalloc-c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7613
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/