CVE-2018-16403

Upstream information

CVE-2018-16403 at MITRE

Description

libdw in elfutils 0.173 checks the end of the attributes list incorrectly in dwarf_getabbrev in dwarf_getabbrev.c and dwarf_hasattr in dwarf_hasattr.c, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read and an application crash.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.3
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	5.5	3.3
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Access Vector	Local	Local
Access Complexity	Low	Low
Privileges Required	None	None
User Interaction	Required	Required
Scope	Unchanged	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None	None
Integrity Impact	None	None
Availability Impact	High	Low
CVSSv3 Version	3	3

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1107067 [IN_PROGRESS]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-CU-2019:697-1, published Tue Jan 14 00:06:48 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:703-1, published Wed Jan 15 11:24:29 MST 2020
• SUSE-CU-2019:735-1, published Thu Jan 16 10:01:49 MST 2020
• SUSE-SU-2019:1486-1, published Thu Jun 13 07:11:44 MDT 2019
• SUSE-SU-2019:1733-1, published Wed Jul 3 10:12:25 MDT 2019
• openSUSE-SU-2019:1590-1, published Thu, 20 Jun 2019 03:13:15 +0200 (CEST)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
Openstack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1 >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2019-1733
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1 >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE-CAASP-3.0-2019-1733
SUSE CaaS Platform ALL	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1 >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2019-1733
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-1733
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1733
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 GA elfutils
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15	elfutils >= 0.168-4.5.3 elfutils-lang >= 0.168-4.5.3 libasm-devel >= 0.168-4.5.3 libasm1 >= 0.168-4.5.3 libdw-devel >= 0.168-4.5.3 libdw1 >= 0.168-4.5.3 libdw1-32bit >= 0.168-4.5.3 libebl-devel >= 0.168-4.5.3 libebl-plugins >= 0.168-4.5.3 libebl-plugins-32bit >= 0.168-4.5.3 libelf-devel >= 0.168-4.5.3 libelf1 >= 0.168-4.5.3 libelf1-32bit >= 0.168-4.5.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-1486
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1	elfutils >= 0.168-4.5.3 elfutils-lang >= 0.168-4.5.3 libasm-devel >= 0.168-4.5.3 libasm1 >= 0.168-4.5.3 libdw-devel >= 0.168-4.5.3 libdw1 >= 0.168-4.5.3 libdw1-32bit >= 0.168-4.5.3 libebl-devel >= 0.168-4.5.3 libebl-plugins >= 0.168-4.5.3 libebl-plugins-32bit >= 0.168-4.5.3 libelf-devel >= 0.168-4.5.3 libelf1 >= 0.168-4.5.3 libelf1-32bit >= 0.168-4.5.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-1486
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15 SP1	elfutils >= 0.168-4.5.3 libasm1-32bit >= 0.168-4.5.3 libelf-devel-32bit >= 0.168-4.5.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2019-1486
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-1733
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1733
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 GA elfutils
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-1733
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1 >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf1-32bit >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1733
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2 libelf-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2019-1733
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	elfutils >= 0.158-7.7.2 libasm-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-1733
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	libasm-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2 libdw-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2 libebl-devel >= 0.158-7.7.2	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA libasm-devel
openSUSE Leap 15.0	elfutils >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 elfutils-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 elfutils-debugsource >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 elfutils-lang >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libasm-devel >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libasm1 >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libasm1-32bit >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libasm1-32bit-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libasm1-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libdw-devel >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libdw1 >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libdw1-32bit >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libdw1-32bit-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libdw1-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libebl-devel >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libebl-plugins >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libebl-plugins-32bit >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libebl-plugins-32bit-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libebl-plugins-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libelf-devel >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libelf-devel-32bit >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libelf1 >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libelf1-32bit >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libelf1-32bit-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1 libelf1-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp150.3.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1590
openSUSE Leap 15.1	elfutils >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 elfutils-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 elfutils-debugsource >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 elfutils-lang >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libasm-devel >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libasm1 >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libasm1-32bit >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libasm1-32bit-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libasm1-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libdw-devel >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libdw1 >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libdw1-32bit >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libdw1-32bit-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libdw1-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libebl-devel >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libebl-plugins >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libebl-plugins-32bit >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libebl-plugins-32bit-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libebl-plugins-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libelf-devel >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libelf-devel-32bit >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libelf1 >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libelf1-32bit >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libelf1-32bit-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1 libelf1-debuginfo >= 0.168-lp151.4.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1590

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
CaaS Platform 1.0	elfutils	Released
CaaS Platform 2.0	elfutils	Released
CaaS Platform 3.0	elfutils	Released
OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7.0	elfutils	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	elfutils	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	elfutils	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12	elfutils	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA	elfutils	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1	elfutils	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP4	elfutils	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP3	elfutils	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP4	elfutils	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS	elfutils	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	elfutils	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA LTSS	elfutils	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS	elfutils	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS	elfutils	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	elfutils	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	elfutils	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	elfutils	Released