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Medium

CVE-2017-7609

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.

VectorLOCAL

PublishedApr 09, 2017, 14:59

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Base Score

Score5.5

Affected Versions

No affected versions found.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/

Weakness Type

CWE-20

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

5.5

Vector String

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

Base SeverityMedium

Version

3.0

Attack Vector (AV)

LOCAL