PT-2017-8669 · None · Libdwarf

Published 2017-02-17 · Updated 2022-03-01 · CVE-2016-5042

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libdwarf versions prior to 20160923

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop and crash, via a crafted DWARF section. This is due to a problem in the dwarf get aranges list function.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20160923, update to version 20160923 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5042

DLA-669-1

Affected Products

Libdwarf

References · 11

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/1 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5042 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5042 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5042 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5042 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5042 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/1 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5042 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5042 · Security Note
• https://prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332145 · Note