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Low ALAS2-2023-2197 1 CVE

Low: elfutils security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Aug 3, 2023 · Updated Aug 8, 2023

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-33294: 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.

Fixed packages 9

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 elfutils 0:0.176-2.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 elfutils-debuginfo 0:0.176-2.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 elfutils-default-yama-scope 0:0.176-2.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 elfutils-devel 0:0.176-2.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 elfutils-devel-static 0:0.176-2.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 elfutils-libelf 0:0.176-2.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 elfutils-libelf-devel 0:0.176-2.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 elfutils-libelf-devel-static 0:0.176-2.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 elfutils-libs 0:0.176-2.amzn2.0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-33294.html