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CVE-2017-7613

Published: 9 April 2017

elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the number of sections and the number of segments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
elfutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (0.170-0.1)
bionic
Released (0.170-0.4)
cosmic
Released (0.170-0.4)
disco
Released (0.170-0.4)
eoan
Released (0.170-0.4)
focal
Released (0.170-0.4)
groovy
Released (0.170-0.4)
hirsute
Released (0.170-0.4)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (0.158-0ubuntu5.3)
upstream Needed

xenial
Released (0.165-3ubuntu1.1)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=4314716cd498bb51639db717bd7ce6182de33322

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H