MGASA-2014-0177

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    MGASA-2014-0177

    Published: 16 Apr 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-0172

    Summary: Updated elfutils package fixes CVE-2014-0172

    Details: Updated elfutils packages fix security vulnerability: The libdw library provides support for accessing DWARF debugging information inside ELF files. An integer overflow flaw in check_section(), leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the libdw library. A malicious ELF file could cause an application using libdw (such as eu-readelf) to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application (CVE-2014-0172).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0177.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085663, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13181

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: elfutils

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/elfutils?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.155-2.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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