| 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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, 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) | 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
[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