Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting elfutils package, versions <0.170-0.4ubuntu0.1+esm1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (12th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-ELFUTILS-5787884
- published 19 Jul 2023
- disclosed 18 Jul 2023
Introduced: 18 Jul 2023
CVE-2021-33294 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04
elfutils
to version 0.170-0.4ubuntu0.1+esm1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils
package and not the elfutils
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:18.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted file.