Resource Exhaustion Affecting elfutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-ELFUTILS-5851768
  • published23 Aug 2023
  • disclosed18 Jul 2023

Introduced: 18 Jul 2023

CVE-2021-33294  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 elfutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils package and not the elfutils package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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