elfutils security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2006:0354

The elfutils packages contain a number of utility programs and libraries
related to the creation and maintenance of executable code.

The elfutils packages that originally shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
were GPL-licensed versions which lacked some functionality. Previous
updates provided fully functional versions of elfutils only under the OSL
license. This update provides a fully functional, GPL-licensed version of
elfutils.

In the OSL-licensed elfutils versions provided in previous updates, some
tools could sometimes crash when given corrupted input files. (CVE-2005-1704)

Also, when the eu-strip tool was used to create separate debuginfo files
from relocatable objects such as kernel modules (.ko), the resulting
debuginfo files (.ko.debug) were sometimes corrupted. Both of these
problems are fixed in the new version.

Users of elfutils should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
these issues.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-August/075315.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-August/075316.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-August/075328.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-August/075329.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-August/075330.html

Affected packages:
elfutils
elfutils-devel
elfutils-libelf
elfutils-libelf-devel

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0354