CVE-2017-7609
Apache ELFutils Zlib Compression Factor DoS
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 9, 2017, 2:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:32 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2017-7609 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit
available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2017-7609
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The following list is the news that have been mention
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vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2017-7609
vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html Added Reference https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 20, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 07, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 13, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c No Types Assigned https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-__libelf_decompress-elf_compress-c Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-20 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.168:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-7609
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-7609
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.48 }} -0.04%
score
0.75632
percentile