REDHAT-BUG-1677536
First published: Fri Feb 15 2019(Updated: )
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). Reference: <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24084">https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24084</a>
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| elfutils |
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Reference Links
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24084
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1677537
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=c76f0b05676f6207affbfd85e75063db3b6eeccf;hp=cb6d865011ad98a8ac2018f072f396a2268739ca
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1677536#c5
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commitdiff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1677536#c9
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-7664
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3575
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1677536
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