The vulnerability of the arlib_add_symbols() function in the arlib.c file of the ELF object processing utility suite Elfutils, related to division by zero, allows a malicious actor to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the arlibaddsymbols function in the arlib.c file of the ELF object processing utility Elfutils is related to incorrect handling of zero shentsize. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to cause service interruptions...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

elfutils is vulnerable to denial of service DoS. The attack is due to divide-by-zero error in the function arlibaddsymbols in arlib.c...

elfutils: Divide-by-zero in arlib_add_symbols function in arlib.c

Divide-by-zero vulnerabilities in the function arlibaddsymbols in arlib.c in elfutils 0.174 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash with a crafted ELF file, as demonstrated by eu-ranlib, because a zero shentsize is mishandled...