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CentOS 7 : elfutils (CESA-2019:2197)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 128375

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for elfutils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link (s) in the References section.

The elfutils packages contain a number of utility programs and libraries related to the creation and maintenance of executable code.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
elfutils (0.176). (BZ#1676504)

Security Fix(es) :

* elfutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in libdw/ dwarf_getaranges.c:dwarf_getaranges() via crafted file (CVE-2018-16062)

* elfutils: Double-free due to double decompression of sections in crafted ELF causes crash (CVE-2018-16402)

* elfutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in libdw/dwarf_getabbrev.c and libwd/ dwarf_hasattr.c causes crash (CVE-2018-16403)

* elfutils: invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl (CVE-2018-18310)

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

* elfutils: Divide-by-zero in arlib_add_symbols function in arlib.c (CVE-2018-18521)

* elfutils: heap-based buffer over-read in read_srclines in dwarf_getsrclines.c in libdw (CVE-2019-7149)

* elfutils: segmentation fault in elf64_xlatetom in libelf/elf32_xlatetom.c (CVE-2019-7150)

* elfutils: Out of bound write in elf_cvt_note in libelf/note_xlate.h (CVE-2019-7664)

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

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected elfutils packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?296c7414

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 128375

File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-2197.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/30/2019

Updated: 12/31/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16402

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-default-yama-scope, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-libelf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-libelf-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-libelf-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16062, CVE-2018-16402, CVE-2018-16403, CVE-2018-18310, CVE-2018-18520, CVE-2018-18521, CVE-2019-7149, CVE-2019-7150, CVE-2019-7664, CVE-2019-7665

RHSA: 2019:2197