| Name | CVE-2017-7611 |
| 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. |
| 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-1689-1, ELA-85-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 859992 |
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 (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.176-1.1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.183-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.188-2.1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.192-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - elfutils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21310
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-check_symtab_shndx-elflint-c/
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=9a0d9d314a6342b56e3277bd7ad7ecb6e73a7d38