Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20197148000
Revision Date:2019-01-28Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-7148 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:**DISPUTED** An attempted excessive memory allocation was discovered in the function read_long_names in elf_begin.c in libelf in elfutils 0.174. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via crafted elf input, which leads to an out-of-memory exception. NOTE: The maintainers believe this is not a real issue, but instead a "warning caused by ASAN because the allocation is big. By setting ASAN_OPTIONS=allocator_may_return_null=1 and running the reproducer, nothing happens."
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-7148
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'elfutils' package in bionic is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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