Resource exhaustion in elfutils - CVE-2025-1376

Vulnerability identifier: #VU106000

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1376

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the elf_strptr() function in /libelf/elf_strptr.c. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

elfutils
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
elfutils-libs
elfutils
elfutils-debuginfo
elfutils-debuginfod
elfutils-debuginfod-client
elfutils-debuginfod-client-devel
elfutils-debugsource
elfutils-devel
elfutils-help
elfutils-libelf
elfutils-libelf-devel
elfutils-default-yama-scope
elfutils-extra
libdebuginfod-devel
libdebuginfod1
libdebuginfod1-debuginfo
debuginfod-client
elfutils-debuginfod-debugsource
elfutils-debuginfod-debuginfo
debuginfod-client-debuginfo
libdebuginfod1-dummy-debuginfo
libdw1-64bit
libelf-devel
libelf1-debuginfo
libelf-devel-64bit
libelf1-64bit-debuginfo
libasm1-64bit
libdw1-64bit-debuginfo
libasm1-64bit-debuginfo
libasm1-debuginfo
libasm1-32bit-debuginfo
libelf-devel-32bit
libasm1-32bit
libdebuginfod1-dummy
libdw1-32bit
debuginfod-dummy-client
debuginfod-dummy-client-debuginfo
libdebuginfod-dummy-devel
libelf1-32bit-debuginfo
libdw1
libdw1-debuginfo
libelf1-64bit
elfutils-lang
libelf1-32bit
libdw1-32bit-debuginfo
libdw-devel
libasm-devel
libelf1
libasm1

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

elfutils-libs - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.190-8
elfutils - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-debuginfod - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-debuginfod-client - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-debuginfod-client-devel - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-debugsource - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-devel - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-help - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.185-20, 0.190-8
elfutils-libelf - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.190-8
elfutils-libelf-devel - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.190-8
elfutils-default-yama-scope - addressed in versions 0.180-17, 0.190-8
elfutils-extra - addressed in versions 0.185-20, 0.190-8
libdebuginfod-devel - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
libdebuginfod1 - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
libdebuginfod1-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
debuginfod-client - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
elfutils-debuginfod-debugsource - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
elfutils-debuginfod - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
elfutils-debuginfod-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
debuginfod-client-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.2
libdebuginfod1-dummy-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw1-64bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf-devel - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf1-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf-devel-64bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf1-64bit-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm1-64bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw1-64bit-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm1-64bit-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm1-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm1-32bit-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf-devel-32bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm1-32bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdebuginfod1-dummy - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw1-32bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
debuginfod-dummy-client - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
debuginfod-dummy-client-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdebuginfod-dummy-devel - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf1-32bit-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
elfutils-debugsource - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw1 - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw1-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf1-64bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
elfutils-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
elfutils-lang - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf1-32bit - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw1-32bit-debuginfo - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
elfutils - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libdw-devel - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm-devel - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libelf1 - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3
libasm1 - update to 0.185-150400.5.8.3

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15940
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32672
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295984
• https://vuldb.com/?id.295984
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.497538

• Multiple vulnerabilities in elfutils
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for elfutils
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for elfutils
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for elfutils
• openEuler 20.03 LTS SP4 update for elfutils
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP3 update for elfutils
• SUSE update for elfutils