Denial of Service Vulnerability in elfutils 0.183: Infinite Loop in handle_symtab function

Denial of Service Vulnerability in elfutils 0.183: Infinite Loop in handle_symtab function

CVE-2021-33294 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

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