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SUSE: CVE-2018-16403: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-16403: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/03/2018
Created
06/22/2019
Added
06/20/2019
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

libdw in elfutils 0.173 checks the end of the attributes list incorrectly in dwarf_getabbrev in dwarf_getabbrev.c and dwarf_hasattr in dwarf_hasattr.c, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and an application crash.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-elfutils
  • suse-upgrade-elfutils-lang
  • suse-upgrade-libasm-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libasm1
  • suse-upgrade-libasm1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libdw-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libdw1
  • suse-upgrade-libdw1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libebl-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libebl-plugins
  • suse-upgrade-libebl-plugins-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libebl1
  • suse-upgrade-libebl1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libelf-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libelf-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libelf1
  • suse-upgrade-libelf1-32bit

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:1486-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:1733-1
  • USN-4012-1
  • CVE-2018-16403

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