CVE-2017-7609

NameCVE-2017-7609
Descriptionelf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs859994

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
elfutils (PTS)bullseye0.183-1fixed
bookworm0.188-2.1fixed
sid, trixie0.192-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
elfutilssourcewheezy(not affected)
elfutilssourcejessie(not affected)
elfutilssource(unstable)0.168-1859994

Notes

[jessie] - elfutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - elfutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21301
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c/

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