Description
The allocate_elf function in common.h in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ELF file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2 ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 ↗
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/ ↗
- https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/ ↗