CVE-2018-18520

Name
CVE-2018-18520
Description
An Invalid Memory Address Dereference exists in the function elf_end in libelf in elfutils through v0.174. Although eu-size is intended to support ar files inside ar files, handle_ar in size.c closes the outer ar file before handling all inner entries. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Mailing List https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2018-q4/msg00057.html
Exploit https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23787
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
UBUNTU https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
REDHAT https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
MLIST https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* elfutils >= None <= 0.174

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
elfutils 3.11-main 0.168-r2 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable