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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - elfutils: elflint.c does not validate the number of sections and segments (CVE-2017-7613)

  - elfutils: an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c which causes denial of     service (CVE-2021-33294)

  - 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. (CVE-2016-10254)

  - 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. (CVE-2016-10255)

  - The handle_gnu_hash function in readelf.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7607)

  - The ebl_object_note_type_name function in eblobjnotetypename.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
    (CVE-2017-7608)

  - elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7609)

  - The check_group function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7610)

  - The check_symtab_shndx function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7611)

  - The check_sysv_hash function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7612)

  - elfutils v0.189 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the handle_verdef() function at     readelf.c. (CVE-2024-25260)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - elfutils: eu-size cannot handle recursive ar files (CVE-2018-18520)

  - elfutils: heap-based buffer over-read in function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c (CVE-2019-7665)

  - 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. (CVE-2016-10254)

  - 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. (CVE-2016-10255)

  - The handle_gnu_hash function in readelf.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7607)

  - The ebl_object_note_type_name function in eblobjnotetypename.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
    (CVE-2017-7608)

  - elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7609)

  - The check_group function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7610)

  - The check_symtab_shndx function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7611)

  - The check_sysv_hash function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7612)

  - elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the number of sections and the number of segments, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.
    (CVE-2017-7613)

  - dwarf_getaranges in dwarf_getaranges.c in libdw in elfutils before 2018-08-18 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted file. (CVE-2018-16062)

  - libdw in elfutils 0.173 checks the end of the attributes list incorrectly in dwarf_getabbrev in     dwarf_getabbrev.c and dwarf_hasattr in dwarf_hasattr.c, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and an     application crash. (CVE-2018-16403)

  - An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl in     elfutils through v0.174. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by consider_notes. (CVE-2018-18310)

  - 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. (CVE-2018-18521)

  - An issue was discovered in elfutils 0.175. A segmentation fault can occur in the function elf64_xlatetom     in libelf/elf32_xlatetom.c, due to dwfl_segment_report_module not checking whether the dyn data read from     a core file is truncated. A crafted input can cause a program crash, leading to denial-of-service, as     demonstrated by eu-stack. (CVE-2019-7150)

  - In elfutils 0.175, a negative-sized memcpy is attempted in elf_cvt_note in libelf/note_xlate.h because of     an incorrect overflow check. Crafted elf input causes a segmentation fault, leading to denial of service     (program crash). (CVE-2019-7664)

  - In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows     attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted file. (CVE-2021-33294)

  - elfutils v0.189 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the handle_verdef() function at     readelf.c. (CVE-2024-25260)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - elfutils: eu-size cannot handle recursive ar files (CVE-2018-18520)

  - elfutils: heap-based buffer over-read in function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c (CVE-2019-7665)

  - 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. (CVE-2016-10254)

  - 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. (CVE-2016-10255)

  - The handle_gnu_hash function in readelf.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7607)

  - The ebl_object_note_type_name function in eblobjnotetypename.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
    (CVE-2017-7608)

  - elf_compress.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the zlib compression factor, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7609)

  - The check_group function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7610)

  - The check_symtab_shndx function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7611)

  - The check_sysv_hash function in elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file. (CVE-2017-7612)

  - elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the number of sections and the number of segments, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.
    (CVE-2017-7613)

  - dwarf_getaranges in dwarf_getaranges.c in libdw in elfutils before 2018-08-18 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted file. (CVE-2018-16062)

  - libdw in elfutils 0.173 checks the end of the attributes list incorrectly in dwarf_getabbrev in     dwarf_getabbrev.c and dwarf_hasattr in dwarf_hasattr.c, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and an     application crash. (CVE-2018-16403)

  - An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl in     elfutils through v0.174. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by consider_notes. (CVE-2018-18310)

  - 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. (CVE-2018-18521)

  - In elfutils 0.175, a negative-sized memcpy is attempted in elf_cvt_note in libelf/note_xlate.h because of     an incorrect overflow check. Crafted elf input causes a segmentation fault, leading to denial of service     (program crash). (CVE-2019-7664)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This update for elfutils fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-16403: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read that could have led to Denial of Service (bsc#1107067).

CVE-2016-10254: Fixed a memory allocation failure in alloxate_elf (bsc#1030472).

CVE-2019-7665: NT_PLATFORM core file note should be a zero terminated string (bsc#1125007).

CVE-2016-10255: Fixed a memory allocation failure in libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock (bsc#1030476).

CVE-2019-7150: Added a missing check in dwfl_segment_report_module which could have allowed truncated files to be read (bsc#1123685).

CVE-2018-16062: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow (bsc#1106390).

CVE-2017-7611: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read that could have led to Denial of Service (bsc#1033088).

CVE-2017-7613: Fixed denial of service caused by the missing validation of the number of sections and the number of segments in a crafted ELF file (bsc#1033090).

CVE-2017-7607: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in handle_gnu_hash (bsc#1033084).

CVE-2017-7608: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in ebl_object_note_type_name() (bsc#1033085).

CVE-2017-7610: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in check_group (bsc#1033087).

CVE-2018-18521: Fixed multiple divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in function arlib_add_symbols() (bsc#1112723).

CVE-2017-7612: Fixed a denial of service in check_sysv_hash() via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1033089).

CVE-2018-18310: Fixed an invalid address read in dwfl_segment_report_module.c (bsc#1111973).

CVE-2018-18520: Fixed bad handling of ar files inside are files (bsc#1112726).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Agostino Sarubbo discovered that elfutils incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted ELF file, elfutils could be made to crash or consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201710-10 (elfutils: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in elfutils. Please review       the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via       specially crafted ELF files.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

According to the version of the elfutils packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - 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.(CVE-2016-10254)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
195594	RHEL 7 : elfutils (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
195525	RHEL 6 : elfutils (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
195477	RHEL 5 : elfutils (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
126498	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : elfutils (SUSE-SU-2019:1733-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
110382	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : elfutils vulnerabilities (USN-3670-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
103845	GLSA-201710-10 : elfutils: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
102230	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : elfutils (EulerOS-SA-2017-1143)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
102229	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : elfutils (EulerOS-SA-2017-1142)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium

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