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Ubuntu: USN-4012-1 (CVE-2018-16402): elfutils vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4012-1 (CVE-2018-16402): elfutils vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/03/2018
Created
06/12/2019
Added
06/10/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

libelf/elf_end.c in elfutils 0.173 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (double free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because it tries to decompress twice.

Solution(s)

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

References

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