Memory corruption in elfutils - CVE-2016-10255
Published: June 8, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13241
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10255
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Sourceware
Affected software:
elfutils
elfutils
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function of elfutils due to boundary error when hhandling of sh_off and sh_size Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) header values by the __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function, as defined in the elf_getdata.c source code file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening an ELF file that submits malicious sh_off or sh_size ELF header values, trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10255
Update to version 0.168.