CVE-2019-7149

NameCVE-2019-7149
DescriptionA heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function read_srclines in dwarf_getsrclines.c in libdw in elfutils 0.175. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by eu-nm.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1689-1, ELA-85-1
Debian Bugs920910

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
elfutils (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)0.159-4.2+deb8u2fixed
stretch (security)0.168-1+deb9u1vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch0.168-1+deb9u2vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)0.176-1.1+deb10u1fixed
bullseye0.183-1fixed
bookworm0.188-2.1fixed
sid, trixie0.192-4fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
elfutilssourcewheezy0.152-1+wheezy2ELA-85-1
elfutilssourcejessie0.159-4.2+deb8u1DLA-1689-1
elfutilssource(unstable)0.176-1low920910

Notes

[stretch] - elfutils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24102
https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00068.html
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=2562759d6fe5b364fe224852e64e8bda39eb2e35

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