UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33294

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-33294

    Published: 18 Jul 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-33294
    Aliases:
    USN-6322-1

    Summary:

    Details: In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-33294, https://sourceware.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2021q1/003607.html, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27501, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6322-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-33294

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: elfutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.158-0ubuntu5.3+esm1

    Affected versions

    0.157-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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