medium5.5
CVE-2018-18310
An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl in elfutils through v0.174.
Impact
An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl in elfutils through v0.174. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by consider_notes.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Elfutils Project | Elfutils | through 0.174 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Version 7.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Versions 15.0, 15.1 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 16.04, 18.04, 18.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23752
- https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2018-q4/msg00022.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23752
- https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2018-q4/msg00022.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/