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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.2062
USN-4012-1: elfutils vulnerabilities
11 June 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: elfutils
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-7665 CVE-2019-7150 CVE-2019-7149
CVE-2018-18521 CVE-2018-18520 CVE-2018-18310
CVE-2018-16403 CVE-2018-16402 CVE-2018-16062
Reference: ESB-2019.0594
ESB-2019.0587
Original Bulletin:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
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USN-4012-1: elfutils vulnerabilities
10 June 2019
elfutils vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
o Ubuntu 18.10
o Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in elfutils.
Software Description
o 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 LTS
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 LTS
elfutils - 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
libasm1 - 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
libdw1 - 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
libelf1 - 0.165-3ubuntu1.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://
wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades .
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2018-16062
o CVE-2018-16402
o CVE-2018-16403
o CVE-2018-18310
o CVE-2018-18520
o CVE-2018-18521
o CVE-2019-7149
o CVE-2019-7150
o CVE-2019-7665
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