Fedora 22: elfutils Security Update
Summary
Elfutils is a collection of utilities, including stack (to show
backtraces), nm (for listing symbols from object files), size
(for listing the section sizes of an object or archive file),
strip (for discarding symbols), readelf (to see the raw ELF file
structures), and elflint (to check for well-formed ELF files).
Update Information:
Update to 0.163. Hardening fixes. Updated eu-addr2line utility. Various bug fixes. Updated translations. Update to 0.162. Hardening fixes. Updated eu-addr2line utility. Various bug fixes.
Change Log
* Fri Jun 19 2015 Mark Wielaard
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1232206 - sizeof - kernel core/modules x 10 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232206 [ 2 ] Bug #1231454 - Updated Polish translation https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231454 [ 3 ] Bug #1230798 - run-elflint-self test failure with 0.162 with --enable-gcov https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230798 [ 4 ] Bug #1170810 - Fuzzing elfutils -- various badness https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170810 [ 5 ] Bug #1139815 - Ukrainian translation update https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139815 [ 6 ] Bug #1129756 - Unwinding core fails in vDSO frame when elf_begin is called with ELF_C_READ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129756 [ 7 ] Bug #1020842 - libelf: segment fault on x86-64 while file's bss offset have a large number https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020842 [ 8 ] Bug #1230468 - BuildRequires on glibc-devel not glibc-headers. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230468
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update elfutils' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .