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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : elfutils vulnerabilities (USN-7369-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 233299

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7369-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 233299

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7369-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/24/2025

Updated: 3/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1372

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1377

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libelf-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libelf1t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdebuginfod1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdw1t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libasm1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdebuginfod-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdebuginfod-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdebuginfod1t64, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdw1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:debuginfod, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libasm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libasm1t64, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdw-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:elfutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libelf1

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25260, CVE-2025-1365, CVE-2025-1371, CVE-2025-1372, CVE-2025-1377

USN: 7369-1