Resource Management Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package dwarfutils (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published17 Feb 2017
- disclosed17 Feb 2017
Introduced: 17 Feb 2017
CVE-2016-5042 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dwarfutils package and not the dwarfutils package as distributed by Ubuntu.
The dwarf_get_aranges_list function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash) via a crafted DWARF section.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5042
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5042
- https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332145