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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2020.0017
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2020-0017)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libdwarf' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0017 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libdwarf' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2020-0017 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated libdwarf packages fix security vulnerability:

dwarf_elf_load_headers.c in libdwarf before 2019-07-05 allows attackers
to cause a denial of service (division by zero) via an ELF file with a
zero-size section group (SHT_GROUP), as demonstrated by dwarfdump
(CVE-2019-14249).

Affected Software/OS:
'libdwarf' package(s) on Mageia 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-14249
BugTraq ID: 109380
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109380
https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/ci/cb7198abde46c2ae29957ad460da6886eaa606ba/tree/libdwarf/dwarf_elf_load_headers.c?diff=99e77c3894877a1dd80b82808d8309eded4e5599
https://sourceforge.net/p/libdwarf/code/merge-requests/4/
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