A vulnerability has been found in GNU elfutils 0.192 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function handle_dynamic_symtab of the file readelf.c of the component eu-read. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as b38e562a4c907e08171c76b8b2def8464d5a104a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
In GNU elfutils 0.192 wurde eine problematische Schwachstelle gefunden. Dabei geht es um die Funktion handle_dynamic_symtab der Datei readelf.c der Komponente eu-read. Dank Manipulation mit unbekannten Daten kann eine null pointer dereference-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Die Umsetzung des Angriffs hat dabei lokal zu erfolgen. Der Exploit steht zur öffentlichen Verfügung. Der Patch wird als b38e562a4c907e08171c76b8b2def8464d5a104a bezeichnet. Als bestmögliche Massnahme wird Patching empfohlen.
It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to read out of bounds. If a user or automated system were tricked into running readelf on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause readelf to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to write out of bounds. If a user or automated system were tricked into running readelf on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause readelf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10.