USN-3670-1: elfutils vulnerabilities

elfutils vulnerabilities

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

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References



from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2Hmw7DR