SB2019122643 - Resource exhaustion in elfutils (Alpine package)
Published: December 26, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019122643
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7148)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists in the libelf component due to improper handling of Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) files by the read_long_names function, as defined in the elf_begin.c source code file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into accessing an ELF file that submits malicious input and cause the affected application to improperly allocate excessive memory resources, resulting in a DoS condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.