| Name | CVE-2019-7665 |
| Description | In elfutils 0.175, a heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c in libelf. A crafted ELF input can cause a segmentation fault leading to denial of service (program crash) because ebl_core_note does not reject malformed core file notes. |
| 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, DLA-2802-1, ELA-85-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 921880 |
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.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elfutils | source | wheezy | 0.152-1+wheezy2 | ELA-85-1 | ||
| elfutils | source | jessie | 0.159-4.2+deb8u1 | DLA-1689-1 | ||
| elfutils | source | stretch | 0.168-1+deb9u1 | DLA-2802-1 | ||
| elfutils | source | (unstable) | 0.176-1 | low | 921880 |
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24089
https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00049.html
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=de01cc6f9446187d69b9748bb3636361c79e77a4