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CVE-2017-7609

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.

Published

2017-04-09T14:59:00.717

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	elfutils_project	elfutils	0.168	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html ([email protected])
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)