Debian Security Advisory
DLA-669-1 dwarfutils -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 19 Oct 2016
- Affected Packages:
- dwarfutils
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-8538, CVE-2015-8750, CVE-2016-2050, CVE-2016-2091, CVE-2016-5034, CVE-2016-5036, CVE-2016-5038, CVE-2016-5039, CVE-2016-5042.
- More information:
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Several vulnerabilities were discovered in dwarfutils, a tool and library for reading/consuming and writing/producing DWARF debugging information. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues:
- CVE-2015-8538
A specially crafted ELF file can cause a segmentation fault.
- CVE-2015-8750
A specially crafted ELF file can cause a NULL pointer dereference.
- CVE-2016-2050
Out-of-bounds write
- CVE-2016-2091
Out-of-bounds read
- CVE-2016-5034
Out-of-bounds write
- CVE-2016-5036
Out-of-bounds read
- CVE-2016-5038
Out-of-bounds read
- CVE-2016-5039
Out-of-bounds read
- CVE-2016-5042
A specially crafted DWARF section can cause an infinite loop, reading from increasing memory addresses until the application crashes.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 20120410-2+deb7u2.We recommend that you upgrade your dwarfutils packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- CVE-2015-8538
