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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3670-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3670-1
Posted Jun 5, 2018
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3670-1 - 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.

tags | advisory, denial of service
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2016-10254, CVE-2016-10255, CVE-2017-7607, CVE-2017-7608, CVE-2017-7609, CVE-2017-7610, CVE-2017-7611, CVE-2017-7612, CVE-2017-7613
SHA-256 | cba8a2e28c73b05551966e6f681349ffd0bf42b5553713c3cf8a26cae4032542

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3670-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3670-1
June 05, 2018

elfutils vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- 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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
elfutils 0.165-3ubuntu1.1
libasm1 0.165-3ubuntu1.1
libdw1 0.165-3ubuntu1.1
libelf1 0.165-3ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
elfutils 0.158-0ubuntu5.3
libasm1 0.158-0ubuntu5.3
libdw1 0.158-0ubuntu5.3
libelf1 0.158-0ubuntu5.3

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3670-1
CVE-2016-10254, CVE-2016-10255, CVE-2017-7607, CVE-2017-7608,
CVE-2017-7609, CVE-2017-7610, CVE-2017-7611, CVE-2017-7612,
CVE-2017-7613

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elfutils/0.165-3ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elfutils/0.158-0ubuntu5.3

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