Out-of-bounds Read Affecting elfutils package, versions <0.159-4.2+deb8u1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.61% (79th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-ELFUTILS-322356
- published 9 Apr 2017
- disclosed 9 Apr 2017
Introduced: 9 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-7608 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 elfutils to version 0.159-4.2+deb8u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils package and not the elfutils package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
The ebl_object_note_type_name function in eblobjnotetypename.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7608
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7608
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ebl_object_note_type_name-eblobjnotetypename-c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98609
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7608
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/