Out-of-bounds Write 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
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-ELFUTILS-3559587
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Jan 2019

Introduced: 11 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-7664  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (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, a negative-sized memcpy is attempted in elf_cvt_note in libelf/note_xlate.h because of an incorrect overflow check. Crafted elf input causes a segmentation fault, leading to denial of service (program crash).

CVSS Scores

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