Out-of-bounds Read Affecting elfutils package, versions <0:0.176-5.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-ELFUTILS-3527832
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Jan 2019

Introduced: 9 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-7146  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 elfutils to version 0:0.176-5.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:3575.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils package and not the elfutils package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In elfutils 0.175, there is a buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in libebl. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted elf file, as demonstrated by eu-readelf.

CVSS Scores

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