USN-4012-1: elfutils vulnerabilities
elfutils vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in elfutils.
Software Description
- elfutils – collection of utilities to handle ELF objects
Details
It was discovered that elfutils incorrectly handled certain malformed
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted 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 18.10
- elfutils – 0.170-0.5.0ubuntu1.1
- libasm1 – 0.170-0.5.0ubuntu1.1
- libdw1 – 0.170-0.5.0ubuntu1.1
- libelf1 – 0.170-0.5.0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- elfutils – 0.170-0.4ubuntu0.1
- libasm1 – 0.170-0.4ubuntu0.1
- libdw1 – 0.170-0.4ubuntu0.1
- libelf1 – 0.170-0.4ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- elfutils – 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
- libasm1 – 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
- libdw1 – 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
- libelf1 – 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
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
- CVE-2018-16062
- CVE-2018-16402
- CVE-2018-16403
- CVE-2018-18310
- CVE-2018-18520
- CVE-2018-18521
- CVE-2019-7149
- CVE-2019-7150
- CVE-2019-7665
Source: USN-4012-1: elfutils vulnerabilities
