CVE-2018-16402 in Ubuntu

CVE-2018-16402

Priority

Description

libelf/elf_end.c in elfutils 0.173 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have
unspecified other impact because it tries to decompress twice.

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16402
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4012-1

Bugs

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528

Assigned-to

mdeslaur

Notes

Package

Source: elfutils (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (0.175-1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	needs-triage
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr):	needs-triage
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	released (0.165-3ubuntu1.2)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	released (0.170-0.4ubuntu0.1)
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	not-affected (0.176-1)
Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine):	not-affected (0.176-1.1)
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa):	not-affected (0.176-1.1)

Patches:

Upstream:

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=56b18521fb8d46d40fc090c0de9d11a08bc982fa

More Information

Updated: 2019-12-05 19:54:14 UTC (commit 0aa5e7c87c8b55d2ec5c7f4ca1179cf75de91961)