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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7369-1
March 24, 2025

elfutils vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in elfutils.

Software Description:
- elfutils: collection of utilities to handle ELF objects

Details:

It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to read out of
bounds. If a user or automated system were tricked into running readelf
on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause readelf to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04
LTS. (CVE-2024-25260)

It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to write out of
bounds. If a user or automated system were tricked into running readelf
on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause readelf to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2025-1365)

It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to dereference
invalid memory. If a user or automated system were tricked into running
readelf on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause readelf to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2025-1371)

It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to dereference
invalid memory. If a user or automated system were tricked into running
readelf on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause readelf to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-1372)

It was discovered that strip from elfutils could be made to dereference
invalid memory. If a user or automated system were tricked into running
strip on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause strip to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-1377)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
  elfutils                        0.191-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  elfutils                        0.190-1.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  elfutils                        0.186-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7369-1
  CVE-2024-25260, CVE-2025-1365, CVE-2025-1371, CVE-2025-1372,
  CVE-2025-1377

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elfutils/0.191-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elfutils/0.190-1.1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elfutils/0.186-1ubuntu0.1