Description
The check_symtab_shndx function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html ↗
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-check_symtab_shndx-elflint-c ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html ↗