PT-2019-1677 · Gnu+4 · Elfutils+4
Wcventure
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Published
2019-01-11
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2019-7664
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
elfutils version 0.175
Description
The issue is related to an incorrect overflow check in the
elf cvt note() function, which attempts a negative-sized memcpy. This can cause a segmentation fault when crafted ELF input is provided, leading to a denial of service (program crash).Recommendations
For elfutils version 0.175, consider applying a patch to fix the incorrect overflow check in the
elf cvt note() function to prevent the negative-sized memcpy attempt.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.Exploit
DoS
Buffer Overflow
Memory Corruption
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Red Hat
Suse
Elfutils