GLSA 201710-10: elfutils: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	elfutils: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/13/2017
Bugs:	#614002, #614004, #618004
ID:	201710-10

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in elfutils, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Elfutils provides a library and utilities to access, modify and analyse ELF objects.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-libs/elfutils	< 0.169-r1	>= 0.169-r1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in elfutils. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via specially crafted ELF files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All elfutils users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/elfutils-0.169-r1"

Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201710-10.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.