CVE-2019-7149

Publication date 28 January 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function read_srclines in dwarf_getsrclines.c in libdw in elfutils 0.175. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by eu-nm.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
elfutils	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Fixed 0.170-0.5.0ubuntu1.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 0.170-0.4ubuntu0.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.158-0ubuntu5.3+esm1 Ubuntu Pro

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
elfutils	Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=elfutils.git;a=commit;h=2562759d6fe5b364fe224852e64e8bda39eb2e35

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2019-7149

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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Patch details

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