ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2018-18521

Divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in the function arlib_add_symbols() in arlib.c in elfutils 0.174 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by eu-ranlib, because a zero sh_entsize is mishandled.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
  2. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
  3. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
  4. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html
  5. https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23786
  6. https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2018-q4/msg00055.html
  7. https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
  8. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
  9. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
  10. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
  11. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html
  12. https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23786
  13. https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2018-q4/msg00055.html
  14. https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/