CVE-2018-16402

NameCVE-2018-16402
Descriptionlibelf/elf_end.c in elfutils 0.173 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because it tries to decompress twice.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2802-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
elfutils (PTS)buster0.176-1.1fixed
buster (security)0.176-1.1+deb10u1fixed
bullseye0.183-1fixed
bookworm0.188-2.1fixed
trixie0.190-1fixed
sid0.191-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
elfutilssourcejessie(not affected)
elfutilssourcestretch0.168-1+deb9u1DLA-2802-1
elfutilssource(unstable)0.175-1low

Notes

[jessie] - elfutils <not-affected> (vulnerable code introduced later)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=56b18521fb8d46d40fc090c0de9d11a08bc982fa

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