USN-7369-1: elfutils vulnerabilities

24 March 2025

Several security issues were fixed in elfutils.

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Releases

Packages

  • elfutils - collection of utilities to handle ELF objects

Details

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. (CVE-2024-25260)

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. (CVE-2025-1365)

It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to dereference
invalid memory. 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 and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2025-1371)

It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to dereference
invalid memory. 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. (CVE-2025-1372)

It was discovered that strip from elfutils could be made to dereference
invalid memory. If a user or automated system were tricked into running
strip on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause strip to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-1377)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04

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

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