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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-ELFUTILS-322303
  • published29 Jan 2019
  • disclosed29 Jan 2019

Introduced: 29 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-7149  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function read_srclines in dwarf_getsrclines.c in libdw in elfutils 0.175. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by eu-nm.