Double Free Affecting elfutils package, versions <0.168-1+deb9u1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.53% (87th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-ELFUTILS-322420
- published 25 Sep 2018
- disclosed 3 Sep 2018
Introduced: 3 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-16402 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
elfutils
to version 0.168-1+deb9u1 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:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
libelf/elf_end.c in elfutils 0.173 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because it tries to decompress twice.