Ubuntu Security Notice 6322-1 - It was discovered that elfutils incorrectly handled certain malformed files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, elfutils could be made to crash or consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that elfutils incorrectly handled bounds checks in certain functions when processing malformed files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, elfutils could be made to crash or consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.
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Red Hat Security Advisory 2019-2197-01 - The elfutils packages contain a number of utility programs and libraries related to the creation and maintenance of executable code. Buffer over-reads as well as various other vulnerabilities have been addressed.
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