elfutils CVE-2017-7607 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	98608
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-7607
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 09 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 09 2017 12:00AM
Credit:	Agostino Sarubbo of Gentoo.
Vulnerable:	Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 + Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 Elfutils Project Elfutils 0.168
Not Vulnerable:

elfutils CVE-2017-7607 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

elfutils is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.

elfutils 0.168 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

elfutils CVE-2017-7607 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

elfutils CVE-2017-7607 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

elfutils CVE-2017-7607 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• CVE-2017-7607 (Redhat)
  
• [PATCH] readelf: Fix off by one sanity check in handle_gnu_hash. (elfutils)
  
• Elfutils Homepage (elfutils)
  
• elfutils: heap-based buffer overflow in handle_gnu_hash (readelf.c) (gentoo.org)