SB2019122643 - Resource exhaustion in elfutils (Alpine package)

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SB2019122643 - Resource exhaustion in elfutils (Alpine package)

Published: December 26, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019122643
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7148)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists in the libelf component due to improper handling of Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) files by the read_long_names function, as defined in the elf_begin.c source code file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into accessing an ELF file that submits malicious input and cause the affected application to improperly allocate excessive memory resources, resulting in a DoS condition.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References