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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-33294: Security patch for elfutils (ALAS-2023-2197)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-33294: Security patch for elfutils (ALAS-2023-2197)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/18/2023
Created
08/10/2023
Added
08/09/2023
Modified
08/09/2023

Description

In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-default-yama-scope
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-devel-static
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-libelf
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-libelf-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-libelf-devel-static
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-elfutils-libs

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