| Name | CVE-2015-8538 |
| Description | dwarf_leb.c in libdwarf allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-669-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 807817 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dwarfutils (PTS) | jessie | 20120410-2+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch | 20161124-1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 20180809-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 20201201-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 20210528-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[squeeze] - dwarfutils <not-affected> (No segfault with provided test case)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289385
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/09/2
http://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/da724a0bc5eec8e9ec0b0cb0c238a80e34466459/