CVE-2018-16402

CRITICAL

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published9/3/2018

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxdebian:debian_linuxelfutils_project:elfutilsopensuse:leapredhat:enterprise_linux_desktopredhat:enterprise_linux_serverredhat:enterprise_linux_workstation

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-415

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528(cve@mitre.org)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/(cve@mitre.org)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23528(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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