CVE-2019-7149

Publication date 28 January 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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

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

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
elfutils

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4012-1
    • elfutils vulnerabilities
    • 10 June 2019
    • USN-6322-1
    • elfutils vulnerabilities
    • 30 August 2023

Other references