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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-33294): elfutils vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-33294): elfutils vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/18/2023
Created
08/31/2023
Added
08/31/2023
Modified
08/31/2023

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)

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

References

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