Divide By Zero Affecting libasm1 package, versions <0.177-150300.11.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-LIBASM1-2965288
  • published2 Aug 2022
  • disclosed1 Aug 2022

Introduced: 1 Aug 2022

CVE-2018-18521  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 libasm1 to version 0.177-150300.11.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libasm1 package and not the libasm1 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

Divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in the function arlib_add_symbols() in arlib.c in elfutils 0.174 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by eu-ranlib, because a zero sh_entsize is mishandled.

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