An out-of-bound read flaw has been found in elfutils in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function of ebldynamictagname.c file. An attacker could exploit this by supplying a crafted ELF file to display wrong data or potentially cause a crash in eu-readelf and eu-elflint binaries.
Find out more about CVE-2018-8769 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the versions of elfutils as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7 as they did not include the vulnerable commit.
This issue did not affect the versions of elfutils as shipped with Red Hat Developer Toolset 6 and 7 as they did not include the vulnerable commit.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | elfutils | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | elfutils | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | elfutils | Not affected |
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