CVE-2017-7613 (GCVE-0-2017-7613)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-09 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
Date Public
2017-04-09 00:00
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