Name | CVE-2017-7608 |
Description | The ebl_object_note_type_name function in eblobjnotetypename.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-1689-1 |
Debian Bugs | 859995 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
elfutils (PTS) | buster | 0.176-1.1 | fixed |
bullseye | 0.183-1 | fixed | |
bookworm, sid | 0.188-2.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
elfutils | source | jessie | 0.159-4.2+deb8u1 | DLA-1689-1 | ||
elfutils | source | (unstable) | 0.168-1 | 859995 |
[wheezy] - elfutils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21300
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ebl_object_note_type_name-eblobjnotetypename-c/
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=b0b58c5e0b34e54194aa042f2310af58ee7de603