vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-7665): elfutils vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 9, 2019 | Jun 10, 2019 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 9, 2019
Added
Jun 10, 2019
Modified
Apr 16, 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
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-elfutilsubuntu-pro-upgrade-libasm1ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libdw1ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libelf1ubuntu-upgrade-elfutilsubuntu-upgrade-libasm1ubuntu-upgrade-libdw1ubuntu-upgrade-libelf1
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