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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2019-7664) (Multiple Advisories): elfutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2019-7664) (Multiple Advisories): elfutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/09/2019
Created
07/23/2020
Added
07/21/2020
Modified
08/11/2023

Description

In elfutils 0.175, a negative-sized memcpy is attempted in elf_cvt_note in libelf/note_xlate.h because of an incorrect overflow check. Crafted elf input causes a segmentation fault, leading to denial of service (program crash).

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-elfutils
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-elfutils-default-yama-scope
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-elfutils-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-elfutils-devel-static
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-elfutils-libelf
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-elfutils-libelf-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-elfutils-libelf-devel-static
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-elfutils-libs

References

  • ELSA-2019-3575
  • CVE-2019-7664

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