CVE-2021-33294

CWE-835CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Elfutils Project Elfutils
Timeline
PublishedJul 18
Latest updateAug 30

Description

In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianelfutils< 0.185-2+2

Patches

Patch: sourceware.org ↗Patch: sourceware.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
elfutils vulnerabilities↗2023-08-30
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CVEList
CVE-2021-33294: In elfutils 0↗2023-07-18
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GHSA
GHSA-827x-xjfm-cw2c: In elfutils 0↗2023-07-18
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OSV
CVE-2021-33294: In elfutils 0↗2023-07-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
elfutils vulnerabilities↗2023-08-30
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Red Hat
elfutils: an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c which causes denial of service↗2023-07-18
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Debian
CVE-2021-33294: elfutils - In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in r...↗2021
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