Out-of-bounds Read Affecting elfutils package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.27% (68th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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SUSE
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-ELFUTILS-322303
  • published 29 Jan 2019
  • disclosed 29 Jan 2019

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 elfutils.

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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function read_srclines in dwarf_getsrclines.c in libdw in elfutils 0.175. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by eu-nm.