Gentoo: GLSA-202303-15 Medium: libarchive Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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December 13, 2016
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in elfutils might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Summary
An integer overflow, in the check_section function of dwarf_begin_elf.c, in the libdw library can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All elfutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/elfutils-0.159"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0172 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0172
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-32
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: elfutils: Heap-based buffer overflow
Date: December 13, 2016
Bugs: #507246
ID: 201612-32
Topics Covered
Background
Elfutils provides a library and utilities to access, modify and analyse
ELF objects.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/elfutils < 0.159 >= 0.159
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file,
possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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