| Name | CVE-2014-0172 |
| Description | Integer overflow in the check_section function in dwarf_begin_elf.c in the libdw library, as used in elfutils 0.153 and possibly through 0.158 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed compressed debug section in an ELF file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 744017 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| elfutils (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.159-4.2+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 0.168-1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.168-1+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 0.176-1.1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 0.176-1.1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.183-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.188-2.1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.191-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| elfutils | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| elfutils | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| elfutils | source | (unstable) | 0.158-1 | low | | 744017 |
Notes
[squeeze] - elfutils <not-affected> (Affected code introduced in 0.153)
[wheezy] - elfutils <not-affected> (Affected code introduced in 0.153)