elfutils 'allocate_elf' function denial of service vulnerability

elfutils is a collection of utilities and libraries for reading, creating and modifying ELF binaries. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the 'allocateelf' function in the common.h file of elfutils. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to build special ELF files to crash an...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10254

The allocateelf function in common.h in elfutils before 0.168 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a crafted ELF file, which triggers a memory allocation failure...

PT-2017-7833

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions elfutils versions prior to 0.168 Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a crafted ELF file, which triggers a memory allocation failure in the allocate elf function. Recommendations For versions pri...