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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting elfutils-libelf package, versions <0:0.176-2.amzn2

0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.15% (51st percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
3.3 low
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-ELFUTILSLIBELF-1675668
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 9 Feb 2019
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Introduced: 9 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-7665 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 elfutils-libelf to version 0:0.176-2.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1337.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils-libelf package and not the elfutils-libelf package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In elfutils 0.175, a heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c in libelf. A crafted ELF input can cause a segmentation fault leading to denial of service (program crash) because ebl_core_note does not reject malformed core file notes.