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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-1689-1 |
Debian Bugs | 859995 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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elfutils (PTS) | bullseye | 0.183-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.188-2.1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.192-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[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