A vulnerability was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dump_data_section/print_string_section of the file readelf.c of the component eu-readelf. The manipulation of the argument z/x leads to buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 73db9d2021cab9e23fd734b0a76a612d52a6f1db. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

An update of the elfutils package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7369-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to read out of bounds. If a user or automated     system were tricked into running readelf on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause readelf to     crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-25260)

    It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to write out of bounds. If a user or automated     system were tricked into running readelf on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause readelf to     crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2025-1365)

    It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to dereference invalid memory. If a user or     automated system were tricked into running readelf on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause     readelf to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu     24.10. (CVE-2025-1371)

    It was discovered that readelf from elfutils could be made to dereference invalid memory. If a user or     automated system were tricked into running readelf on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause     readelf to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-1372)

    It was discovered that strip from elfutils could be made to dereference invalid memory. If a user or     automated system were tricked into running strip on a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause     strip to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-1377)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
234073	Photon OS 4.0: Elfutils PHSA-2025-4.0-0776	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
233317	Photon OS 5.0: Elfutils PHSA-2025-5.0-0488	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
233299	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : elfutils vulnerabilities (USN-7369-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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