| Name | CVE-2016-7410 |
| Description | The _dwarf_read_loc_section function in dwarf_loc.c in libdwarf 20160613 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 838019 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dwarfutils (PTS) | buster | 20180809-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 20201201-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 20210528-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - dwarfutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in later version)
[wheezy] - dwarfutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in later version)
https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html#DW201609-003
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/490
Initial addressed upstream in refactoring in:
https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/e12f6c0b69c20f58dccc4505309cf7f974c34dc2
with final fix/follow up: https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/3767305debcba8bd7e1c483ae48c509d25399252
Introduced by (as confirmed by upstream): https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/b446e23dc21704ccd3b76d8945aaf39e4aca8c27