Out-of-bounds Read Affecting elfutils package, versions <0.175-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-ELFUTILS-322418
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed29 Aug 2018

Introduced: 29 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-16062  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable elfutils to version 0.175-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

dwarf_getaranges in dwarf_getaranges.c in libdw in elfutils before 2018-08-18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted file.

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