Improper Input Validation Affecting elfutils package, versions <0.168-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-ELFUTILS-322405
  • published9 Apr 2017
  • disclosed9 Apr 2017

Introduced: 9 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7609  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 elfutils to version 0.168-1 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.