Upstream information

CVE-2018-8769 at MITRE

Description

elfutils 0.170 has a buffer over-read in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function of libebl/ebldynamictagname.c because SYMTAB_SHNDX is unsupported.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.8 4.4
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High Low
Integrity Impact High None
Availability Impact High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1085809 [RESOLVED / UPSTREAM]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 elfutils Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 elfutils Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 elfutils Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 elfutils Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 elfutils Analysis
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-EC2-CHOST-HVM-BYOS elfutils Analysis
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-Azure elfutils Analysis
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 elfutils Analysis
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-GCE elfutils Analysis
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun elfutils Analysis
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Azure elfutils Analysis
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 elfutils Analysis
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-GCE elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 elfutils Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 elfutils Affected
Magnum Orchestration 7 elfutils Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 elfutils Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS elfutils Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 elfutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 elfutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 elfutils Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 elfutils Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 elfutils Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 elfutils Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 elfutils Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 elfutils Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 elfutils Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 elfutils Affected
Container Status
suse/sles12sp3 elfutilsAffected
suse/sles/15.3/libguestfs-tools:0.45.0 elfutilsAnalysis

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sun Mar 18 11:46:05 2018
CVE page last modified: Tue Mar 7 13:10:01 2023