{"id":"MGASA-2014-0177","summary":"Updated elfutils package fixes CVE-2014-0172","details":"Updated elfutils packages fix security vulnerability:\n\nThe libdw library provides support for accessing DWARF debugging information\ninside ELF files. An integer overflow flaw in check_section(), leading to a\nheap-based buffer overflow, was found in the libdw library. A malicious ELF\nfile could cause an application using libdw (such as eu-readelf) to crash or,\npotentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running\nthe application (CVE-2014-0172).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:36.337556758Z","published":"2014-04-16T13:16:12Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-0172"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0177.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1085663"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13181"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"elfutils","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/elfutils?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.155-2.1.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0177.json"}},{"package":{"name":"elfutils","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/elfutils?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.157-3.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0177.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}