Description
A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 4.0
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)
Low
Integrity (Vulnerable System)
Low
Availability (Vulnerable System)
Low
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)
None
Integrity (Subsequent System)
None
Availability (Subsequent System)
None
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Affected products
- gnu / elfutils0.192 – 0.192
References
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/?id.295981
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295981
- MISChttps://vuldb.com/?submit.496485
- MISChttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32656
- MISChttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32657
- MISChttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15927
- MISChttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32656#c3
- MISChttps://www.gnu.org/