ELA-85-1 elfutils security update

several issues found by fuzzing or with sanatizers

2019-02-25
Packageelfutils
Version0.152-1+wheezy2
Related CVEs CVE-2017-7608 CVE-2017-7610 CVE-2017-7611 CVE-2017-7612 CVE-2017-7613 CVE-2018-16062 CVE-2018-18310 CVE-2018-18520 CVE-2018-18521 CVE-2019-7149 CVE-2019-7150 CVE-2019-7665


Several issues in elfutils, a collection of utilities to handle ELF objects, have been found either by fuzzing or by using an AddressSanitizer.

CVE-2019-7665 Due to a heap-buffer-overflow problem in function elf32_xlatetom() a crafted ELF input can cause segmentation faults.

CVE-2019-7150 Add sanity check for partial core file dynamic data read.

CVE-2019-7149 Due to a heap-buffer-overflow problem in function read_srclines() a crafted ELF input can cause segmentation faults.

CVE-2018-18521 By using a crafted ELF file, containing a zero sh_entsize, a divide-by-zero vulnerability could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).

CVE-2018-18520 By fuzzing an Invalid Address Deference problem in function elf_end has been found.

CVE-2018-18310 By fuzzing an Invalid Address Read problem in eu-stack has been found.

CVE-2018-16062 By using an AddressSanitizer a heap-buffer-overflow has been found.

CVE-2017-7613 By using fuzzing it was found that an allocation failure was not handled properly.

CVE-2017-7612 By using a crafted ELF file, containing an invalid sh_entsize, a remote attackers could cause a denial of service (application crash).

CVE-2017-7611 By using a crafted ELF file a remote attackers could cause a denial of service (application crash).

CVE-2017-7610 By using a crafted ELF file a remote attackers could cause a denial of service (application crash).

CVE-2017-7608 By fuzzing a heap based buffer overflow has been detected.



For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 0.152-1+wheezy2.

We recommend that you upgrade your elfutils packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.