Out-of-bounds Read Affecting elfutils package, versions <0.170-0.4ubuntu0.1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.2% (58th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-ELFUTILS-348922
- published 25 Sep 2018
- disclosed 3 Sep 2018
Introduced: 3 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-16403 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04
elfutils
to version 0.170-0.4ubuntu0.1 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 Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:18.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
libdw in elfutils 0.173 checks the end of the attributes list incorrectly in dwarf_getabbrev in dwarf_getabbrev.c and dwarf_hasattr in dwarf_hasattr.c, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and an application crash.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16403
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16403
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23529
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=6983e59b727458a6c64d9659c85f08218bc4fcda
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6983e59b727458a6c64d9659c85f08218bc4fcda