Source: elfutils Version: 0.170-0.5 Severity: important Tags: patch security upstream Forwarded: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23786
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for elfutils. CVE-2018-18521[0]: | Divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in the function arlib_add_symbols() in | arlib.c in elfutils 0.174 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of | service (application crash) with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by | eu-ranlib, because a zero sh_entsize is mishandled. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18521 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18521 [1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23786 [2] https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2018-q4/msg00055.html Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
