| Name | CVE-2019-7149 |
| Description | A 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. |
| 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 | 920910 |
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 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.168-1+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| 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.
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