A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU elfutils 0.192. This issue affects the function gelf_getsymshndx of the file strip.c of the component eu-strip. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is fbf1df9ca286de3323ae541973b08449f8d03aba. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Eine Schwachstelle wurde in GNU elfutils 0.192 entdeckt. Sie wurde als problematisch eingestuft. Davon betroffen ist die Funktion gelf_getsymshndx der Datei strip.c der Komponente eu-strip. Durch Manipulieren mit unbekannten Daten kann eine denial of service-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Umgesetzt werden muss der Angriff lokal. Der Exploit steht zur öffentlichen Verfügung. Der Patch wird als fbf1df9ca286de3323ae541973b08449f8d03aba 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.
