Ubuntu: USN-3670-1 (CVE-2016-10255): elfutils vulnerabilities
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
03/23/2017
07/25/2018
06/12/2018
11/08/2024
Description
The __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock function in elf_getdata.c in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) sh_off or (2) sh_size ELF header value, which triggers a memory allocation failure.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-elfutils
- ubuntu-upgrade-libasm1
- ubuntu-upgrade-libdw1
- ubuntu-upgrade-libelf1
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