vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-7665: Security patch for elfutils (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 9, 2019 | Apr 27, 2020 | May 20, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 9, 2019
Added
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
May 20, 2026
Description
In elfutils 0.175, a heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c in libelf. A crafted ELF input can cause a segmentation fault leading to denial of service (program crash) because ebl_core_note does not reject malformed core file notes.
Solutions
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutilsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-default-yama-scopeamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-devel-staticamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-libelfamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-libelf-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-libelf-devel-staticamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-libs
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