1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3670-1

USN-3670-1: elfutils vulnerabilities

Publication date

5 June 2018

Overview

elfutils could be made to crash or consume resources if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • elfutils - collection of utilities to handle ELF objects

Details

Agostino Sarubbo discovered that elfutils incorrectly handled certain
malformed ELF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted ELF file, elfutils could be made to crash or
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

Agostino Sarubbo discovered that elfutils incorrectly handled certain
malformed ELF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted ELF file, elfutils could be made to crash or
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial elfutils –  0.165-3ubuntu1.1
libasm1 –  0.165-3ubuntu1.1
libdw1 –  0.165-3ubuntu1.1
libelf1 –  0.165-3ubuntu1.1
14.04 trusty elfutils –  0.158-0ubuntu5.3
libasm1 –  0.158-0ubuntu5.3
libdw1 –  0.158-0ubuntu5.3
libelf1 –  0.158-0ubuntu5.3

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