elfutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in libdw/dwarf_getabbrev.c and libwd/dwarf_hasattr.c causes crash

libdw in elfutils 0.173 checks the end of the attributes list incorrectly in dwarfgetabbrev in dwarfgetabbrev.c and dwarfhasattr in dwarfhasattr.c, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and an application crash...

Elfutils Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

elfutils is a collection of utilities and libraries for reading, creating and modifying ELF binaries. A security vulnerability exists in elfutils version 0.173 in the 'dwarfgetabbrev' function of the dwarfgetabbrev.c file and the 'dwarfhasattr ' functions have a security vulnerability that stems...

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16403

libdw in elfutils 0.173 checks the end of the attributes list incorrectly in dwarfgetabbrev in dwarfgetabbrev.c and dwarfhasattr in dwarfhasattr.c, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and an application crash...