CVE-2017-7609 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption by providing a crafted ELF file to elfutils.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-7609?
CVE-2017-7609 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7609?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elfutils Project Elfutils.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7609?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-7609 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7609 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7609, GHSA-5q28-cp33-8xjc, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7609.