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SUSE: CVE-2017-7609: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-7609: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/09/2017
Created
06/22/2019
Added
06/20/2019
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-elfutils
  • suse-upgrade-elfutils-lang
  • suse-upgrade-libasm-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libasm1
  • suse-upgrade-libasm1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libdw-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libdw1
  • suse-upgrade-libdw1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libebl-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libebl-plugins
  • suse-upgrade-libebl-plugins-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libelf-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libelf-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libelf1
  • suse-upgrade-libelf1-32bit

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:1486-1
  • GLSA-201710-10
  • USN-3670-1
  • CVE-2017-7609

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