CVE-2017-7609

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7609
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7609.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-7609
Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (2)
openSUSE (1)
SUSE (3)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (1)
SUSE (3)
Published
2017-04-09T14:59:00Z
Modified
2026-08-28T08:19:51Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / sourceware.org/git/elfutils.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/elfutils.git
Events
Introduced
515dd0acc77673c953380bcf5ccfb05b83c5a3ab
Last Affected
515dd0acc77673c953380bcf5ccfb05b83c5a3ab
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.168:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0.168"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "0.168"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.168
elfutils-0.*
elfutils-0.168

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7609.json"