CVE-2019-7149 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3575 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24102 https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00068.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5