CVE-2017-7609
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.168-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.168-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.168-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.168-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.168-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| elfutils_project | elfutils | 0.168 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7609.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7609
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.