The print_frame_inst_bytes function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an object file with empty bss-like sections.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The print_frame_inst_bytes function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an object file with empty bss-like sections. (CVE-2016-5028)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

According to the versions of the libdwarf package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in dwarfdump in libdwarf     20130126 through 20140805 might allow remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (program crash) via a     crafted ELF file.(CVE-2014-9482)

  - The print_frame_inst_bytes function in libdwarf before     20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference) via an object file     with empty bss-like sections.(CVE-2016-5028)

  - The create_fullest_file_path function in libdwarf     before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a     crafted dwarf file.(CVE-2016-5029)

  - The _dwarf_calculate_info_section_end_ptr function in     libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference)     via a crafted file.(CVE-2016-5030)

  - The print_frame_inst_bytes function in libdwarf before     20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted     file.(CVE-2016-5031)

  - The dwarf_get_xu_hash_entry function in libdwarf before     20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (crash) via a crafted file.(CVE-2016-5032)

  - The print_exprloc_content function in libdwarf before     20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted     file.(CVE-2016-5033)

  - dwarf_elf_access.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted file, related to     relocation records.(CVE-2016-5034)

  - The _dwarf_read_line_table_header function in     dwarf_line_table_reader.c in libdwarf before 20160923     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file.(CVE-2016-5035)

  - The dump_block function in print_sections.c in libdwarf     before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted     frame data.(CVE-2016-5036)

  - The _dwarf_load_section function in libdwarf before     20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted     file.(CVE-2016-5037)

  - The dwarf_get_macro_startend_file function in     dwarf_macro5.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted string offset for     .debug_str.(CVE-2016-5038)

  - The get_attr_value function in libdwarf before 20160923     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted object with all-bits     on.(CVE-2016-5039)

  - libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and     crash) via a large length value in a compilation unit     header.(CVE-2016-5040)

  - dwarf_macro5.c in libdwarf before 20160923 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL     pointer dereference) via a debugging information entry     using DWARF5 and without a DW_AT_name.(CVE-2016-5041)

  - The dwarf_get_aranges_list function in libdwarf before     20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (infinite loop and crash) via a crafted DWARF     section.(CVE-2016-5042)

  - The dwarf_dealloc function in libdwarf before 20160923     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted DWARF     section.(CVE-2016-5043)

  - The WRITE_UNALIGNED function in dwarf_elf_access.c in     libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and     crash) via a crafted DWARF section.(CVE-2016-5044)

  - The read_line_table_program function in     dwarf_line_table_reader_common.c in libdwarf before     20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted     input.(CVE-2016-7510)

  - The _dwarf_get_size_of_val function in     libdwarf/dwarf_util.c in Libdwarf before 20161124     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) by calling the dwarfdump command     on a crafted file.(CVE-2016-8679)

  - The _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code function in dwarf_util.c     in libdwarf 20161001 and earlier allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted     file.(CVE-2016-8680)

  - The _dwarf_get_abbrev_for_code function in dwarf_util.c     in libdwarf 20161001 and earlier allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read) by calling the dwarfdump command on a crafted     file.(CVE-2016-8681)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Christian Rebischke reports :

libdwarf is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution, information disclosure and denial of service.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
219727	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-5028	Nessus	Misc.	medium
135527	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libdwarf (EulerOS-SA-2020-1398)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
96368	FreeBSD : libdwarf -- multiple vulnerabilities (83041ca7-d690-11e6-9171-14dae9d210b8)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical

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