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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-7608: Out-of-bounds Read

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-7608: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
10/01/2024

Description

The ebl_object_note_type_name function in eblobjnotetypename.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-elfutils

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