Improper Input Validation Affecting elfutils-libelf package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.53% (77th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-ELFUTILSLIBELF-1983453
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 4 Apr 2017
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7
elfutils-libelf
.
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 Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:7
relevant fixed versions and status.
elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7609
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/