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FreeBSD: VID-83041CA7-D690-11E6-9171-14DAE9D210B8 (CVE-2016-5041): libdwarf -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-83041CA7-D690-11E6-9171-14DAE9D210B8 (CVE-2016-5041): libdwarf -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/04/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/10/2017
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

dwarf_macro5.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a debugging information entry using DWARF5 and without a DW_AT_name.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-libdwarf

References

  • CVE-2016-5041

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