| Name | CVE-2018-16402 |
| Description | libelf/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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | high |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| elfutils (PTS) | jessie | 0.159-4.2 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 0.159-4.2+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch | 0.168-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye, sid, buster | 0.176-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| elfutils | source | (unstable) | 0.175-1 | low | | |
| elfutils | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - elfutils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[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