DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7148

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7148
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7148.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7148
Upstream
Published
2019-01-29T00:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-18T05:20:14Z
Summary
[none]
Details

An attempted excessive memory allocation was discovered in the function readlongnames in elfbegin.c in libelf in elfutils 0.174. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via crafted elf input, which leads to an out-of-memory exception. NOTE: The maintainers believe this is not a real issue, but instead a "warning caused by ASAN because the allocation is big. By setting ASANOPTIONS=allocatormayreturn_null=1 and running the reproducer, nothing happens."

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.176-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.176-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.176-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / elfutils

Package

Name
elfutils
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/elfutils?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.176-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}