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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-14249: Divide By Zero

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-14249: Divide By Zero

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/24/2019
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
10/01/2024

Description

dwarf_elf_load_headers.c in libdwarf before 2019-07-05 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (division by zero) via an ELF file with a zero-size section group (SHT_GROUP), as demonstrated by dwarfdump.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libdwarf

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