ALT-PU-2016-2315-1
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2017-03-23
Modified: 2025-04-20
Modified: 2025-04-20
CVE-2016-10254
The allocate_elf function in common.h in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ELF file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.
Severity: MEDIUM (4.3)
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: MEDIUM (5.5)
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References:
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/
- https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/2
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-allocate_elf-common-h/
- https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/message/EJWVY7TMRDEMWPAPNVU3V4MZYG5HANF2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/
Published: 2017-03-23
Modified: 2025-04-20
Modified: 2025-04-20
CVE-2016-10255
The __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function in elf_getdata.c in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) sh_off or (2) sh_size ELF header value, which triggers a memory allocation failure.
Severity: MEDIUM (4.3)
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: MEDIUM (5.5)
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References:
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/1
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock-elf_getdata-c/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1387584
- https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/thread/Q4LE47FPEVRZANMV6JE2NMHYO4H5MHGJ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/22/1
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/04/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock-elf_getdata-c/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1387584
- https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/elfutils-devel%40lists.fedorahosted.org/thread/Q4LE47FPEVRZANMV6JE2NMHYO4H5MHGJ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/