Out-of-Bounds Affecting elfutils-debuginfod-client package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-ELFUTILSDEBUGINFODCLIENT-8744240
  • published23 Feb 2025
  • disclosed17 Feb 2025

Introduced: 17 Feb 2025

NewCVE-2025-1372  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 elfutils-debuginfod-client.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream elfutils-debuginfod-client package and not the elfutils-debuginfod-client package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

CVSS Scores

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