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DEBIAN-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 (a...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 elfutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.175-1"}]}]

Debian:13 elfutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.175-1"}]}]

Debian:14 elfutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.175-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org