Out-of-bounds Read Affecting elfutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-ELFUTILS-322435
  • published 25 Sep 2018
  • disclosed 3 Sep 2018

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 elfutils.

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.

libdw in elfutils 0.173 checks the end of the attributes list incorrectly in dwarf_getabbrev in dwarf_getabbrev.c and dwarf_hasattr in dwarf_hasattr.c, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and an application crash.