CVE-2021-33294

Summary

CVECVE-2021-33294
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-07-18 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-07-27 15:19:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elfutils Project Elfutils 0.183 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
27501 – eu-readelf hang while process crafted file MISC sourceware.org
[COMMITTED] readelf: Sanity check verneed and verdef offsets in handle_symtab. MISC sourceware.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 355768 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for elfutils : ALAS2-2023-2197
  • 673840 EulerOS Security Update for elfutils (EulerOS-SA-2023-3170)
  • 673893 EulerOS Security Update for elfutils (EulerOS-SA-2023-3205)

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