USN-4012-1: elfutils vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• 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

• 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

• elfutils - 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
• libasm1 - 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
• libdw1 - 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
• libelf1 - 0.165-3ubuntu1.2

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

Related notices

• USN-6322-1: elfutils, libelf-dev, libasm-dev, libelf1, libdw-dev, libasm1, libdw1