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
0.57% (78th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-ELFUTILS-348956
- published 25 Sep 2018
- disclosed 29 Aug 2018
Introduced: 29 Aug 2018
CVE-2018-16062 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.
dwarf_getaranges in dwarf_getaranges.c in libdw in elfutils before 2018-08-18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted file.