CVE-2018-16402: Double Free
First published: Mon Sep 03 2018(Updated: )
Elfutils through version 0.173 is vulnerable to a double-free in the libelf/elf_end.c:elf_end() function due to the decompression of section data multiple times.. An attacker could exploit this to cause a crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF. Upstream Bug: <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528">https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528</a> Upstream Patch: <a href="https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=patch;h=56b18521fb8d46d40fc090c0de9d11a08bc982fa">https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=patch;h=56b18521fb8d46d40fc090c0de9d11a08bc982fa</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Elfutils Project Elfutils | =0.173 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
| openSUSE Leap | =15.0 | |
| openSUSE Leap | =15.1 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.10 | |
| debian/elfutils | 0.183-1 0.188-2.1 0.192-4 |
Remedy
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=56b18521fb8d46d40fc090c0de9d11a08bc982fa
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-16402
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=patch;h=56b18521fb8d46d40fc090c0de9d11a08bc982fa
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1625051
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1625050#c4
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16402
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1471
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1625050
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=56b18521fb8d46d40fc090c0de9d11a08bc982fa
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16402
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16402
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16402
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16402
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