elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the number of sections and the number of segments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html | |
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-xcalloc-xmalloc-c | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2017-04-09 14:59
Updated : 2024-02-04 19:11
NVD link : CVE-2017-7613
Mitre link : CVE-2017-7613
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7613
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
elfutils_project
- elfutils
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation