Vulnerability CVE-2014-0172


Published: 2014-04-11

Description:
Integer overflow in the check_section function in dwarf_begin_elf.c in the libdw library, as used in elfutils 0.153 and possibly through 0.158 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed compressed debug section in an ELF file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
libdw/elfutils Heap-based buffer overflow
Florian
10.04.2014

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Elfutils project -> Elfutils 

 References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/54
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66714
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2188-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085663
https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-April/003921.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-32

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