Out-of-bounds Read Affecting elfutils package, versions <0.159-4.2+deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.65% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-ELFUTILS-322336
  • 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.

The check_symtab_shndx function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.