Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1689-1 elfutils -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 25 Feb 2019
- Affected Packages:
- elfutils
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-7608, CVE-2017-7610, CVE-2017-7611, CVE-2017-7612, CVE-2017-7613, CVE-2018-16062, CVE-2018-18310, CVE-2018-18520, CVE-2018-18521, CVE-2019-7149, CVE-2019-7150, CVE-2019-7665.
- More information:
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Several issues in elfutils, a collection of utilities to handle ELF objects, have been found either by fuzzing or by using an AddressSanitizer.
- CVE-2019-7665
Due to a heap-buffer-overflow problem in function elf32_xlatetom() a crafted ELF input can cause segmentation faults.
- CVE-2019-7150
Add sanity check for partial core file dynamic data read.
- CVE-2019-7149
Due to a heap-buffer-overflow problem in function read_srclines() a crafted ELF input can cause segmentation faults.
- CVE-2018-18521
By using a crafted ELF file, containing a zero sh_entsize, a divide-by-zero vulnerability could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).
- CVE-2018-18520
By fuzzing an Invalid Address Deference problem in function elf_end has been found.
- CVE-2018-18310
By fuzzing an Invalid Address Read problem in eu-stack has been found.
- CVE-2018-16062
By using an AddressSanitizer a heap-buffer-overflow has been found.
- CVE-2017-7613
By using fuzzing it was found that an allocation failure was not handled properly.
- CVE-2017-7612
By using a crafted ELF file, containing an invalid sh_entsize, a remote attackers could cause a denial of service (application crash).
- CVE-2017-7611
By using a crafted ELF file a remote attackers could cause a denial of service (application crash).
- CVE-2017-7610
By using a crafted ELF file a remote attackers could cause a denial of service (application crash).
- CVE-2017-7608
By fuzzing a heap based buffer overflow has been detected.
For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version 0.159-4.2+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your elfutils 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-2019-7665