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Ubuntu: USN-3670-1 (CVE-2016-10254): elfutils vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3670-1 (CVE-2016-10254): elfutils vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/12/2018
Modified
06/12/2018

Description

The allocate_elf function in common.h in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ELF file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-elfutils
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libasm1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libdw1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libelf1

References

  • USN-3670-1
  • GLSA-201710-10
  • CVE-2016-10254

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