CVE-2019-14249

NameCVE-2019-14249
Descriptiondwarf_elf_load_headers.c in libdwarf before 2019-07-05 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (division by zero) via an ELF file with a zero-size section group (SHT_GROUP), as demonstrated by dwarfdump.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
dwarfutils (PTS)jessie20120410-2+deb8u1fixed
stretch20161124-1+deb9u1fixed
buster20180809-1fixed
bullseye20201201-1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm20210528-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
dwarfutilssourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
dwarfutilssource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- dwarfutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 20190505 version)
https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/merge-requests/4/
Fixed by: https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/cb7198abde46c2ae29957ad460da6886eaa606ba
Introduced in: https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/4709f63c8b7488241b5b522267a796834a66db3a

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