An attempted excessive memory allocation was discovered in the function read_long_names in elf_begin.c in libelf in elfutils 0.174. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via crafted elf input, which leads to an out-of-memory exception. NOTE: The maintainers believe this is not a real issue, but instead a "warning caused by ASAN because the allocation is big. By setting ASAN_OPTIONS=allocator_may_return_null=1 and running the reproducer, nothing happens."
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade elfutils | Aug 22, 2024 | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade elfutils | Jul 30, 2024 | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade elfutilsUpgrade elfutils-develUpgrade elfutils-libelfUpgrade elfutils-libsUpgrade elfutils-libelf-devel | Dec 4, 2019 | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade elfutils-libsUpgrade elfutils-develUpgrade elfutils-libelf-develUpgrade elfutilsUpgrade elfutils-libelf | Dec 18, 2019 | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade elfutils-libelfUpgrade elfutils-libsUpgrade elfutils-libelf-develUpgrade elfutils-develUpgrade elfutils-default-yama-scopeUpgrade elfutils | Dec 11, 2019 | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade elfutils-libelf-devel-staticUpgrade elfutils-libsUpgrade elfutils-develUpgrade elfutils-devel-staticUpgrade elfutils-default-yama-scopeUpgrade elfutils-libelf-develUpgrade elfutilsUpgrade elfutils-libelf | Nov 19, 2019 | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libasm1-32bitUpgrade libdw-develUpgrade libebl-plugins-32bitUpgrade elfutilsUpgrade libasm1Upgrade libasm-develUpgrade libelf1Upgrade libdwarves-develUpgrade libelf1-32bitUpgrade libdwarves1-32bitUpgrade libelf-develUpgrade libdwarves1Upgrade elfutils-langUpgrade libdw1Upgrade libdwarves-devel-32bitUpgrade libelf-devel-32bitUpgrade libebl-pluginsUpgrade dwarvesUpgrade libebl-develUpgrade libdw1-32bit | Aug 9, 2024 | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jan 29, 2019 |
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