CVE-2018-16402

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 advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-2802-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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
elfutils	source	jessie	(not affected)
elfutils	source	stretch	0.168-1+deb9u1		DLA-2802-1
elfutils	source	(unstable)	0.175-1	low

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