USN-4012-1

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    USN-4012-1

    Published: 10 Jun 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: elfutils vulnerabilities

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4012-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16062, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16402, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16403, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18310, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18520, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18521, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-7149, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-7150, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-7665

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: elfutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.165-3ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

    0.163-4ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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