SB2023083102 - Denial of service in elfutils
Published: August 31, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023083102
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33294)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the handle_symtab() function in readelf.c. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and trigger denial of service condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.