| Name | CVE-2019-7664 |
| Description | In elfutils 0.175, a negative-sized memcpy is attempted in elf_cvt_note in libelf/note_xlate.h because of an incorrect overflow check. Crafted elf input causes a segmentation fault, leading to denial of service (program crash). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 921881 |
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 | 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.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| elfutils | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| elfutils | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| elfutils | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| elfutils | source | (unstable) | 0.176-1 | low | | 921881 |
Notes
[stretch] - elfutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[jessie] - elfutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24084
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=e65d91d21cb09d83b001fef9435e576ba447db32
[wheezy] - elfutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)