CVE - CVE-2018-18521

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-18521	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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MISC:https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23786 MISC:https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2018-q4/msg00055.html MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20190225 [SECURITY] [DLA 1689-1] elfutils security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20211030 [SECURITY] [DLA 2802-1] elfutils security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html REDHAT:RHSA-2019:2197 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2019:1590 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html UBUNTU:USN-4012-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20181019	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20181019)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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