CVE-2017-7609

Publication date 9 April 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
elfutils 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.170-0.4
17.10 artful
Fixed 0.170-0.1
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.165-3ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Notes

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Support for compressed sections was first introduced in 0.165

Patch details

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Package Patch details
elfutils

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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