--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2018-f91531043d
2018-06-08 13:09:48.199521
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : elfutils
Product     : Fedora 28
Version     : 0.171
Release     : 1.fc28
URL         : https://sourceware.org/elfutils/
Summary     : A collection of utilities and DSOs to handle ELF files and DWARF data
Description :
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), elflint (to check for well-formed ELF files) and
elfcompress (to compress or decompress ELF sections).

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

DWARF5 and split dwarf, including GNU DebugFission, support.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog:

* Fri Jun  1 2018 Mark Wielaard  - 0.171-1
- New upstream release.
  - DWARF5 and split dwarf, including GNU DebugFission, support.
  - readelf: Handle all new DWARF5 sections.
    --debug-dump=info+ will show split unit DIEs when found.
    --dwarf-skeleton can be used when inspecting a .dwo file.
    Recognizes GNU locviews with --debug-dump=loc.
  - libdw: New functions dwarf_die_addr_die, dwarf_get_units,
    dwarf_getabbrevattr_data and dwarf_cu_info.
    libdw will now try to resolve the alt file on first use
    when not set yet with dwarf_set_alt.
    dwarf_aggregate_size() now works with multi-dimensional arrays.
  - libdwfl: Use process_vm_readv when available instead of ptrace.
  - backends: Add a RISC-V backend.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1559243 - CVE-2018-8769 elfutils: buffer over-read in ebldynamictagname.c:ebl_dynamic_tag_name() allows for denial of service [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1559243
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Fedora 28: elfutils Security Update 2018-f91531043d

June 8, 2018
DWARF5 and split dwarf, including GNU DebugFission, support.

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), elflint (to check for well-formed ELF files) and

elfcompress (to compress or decompress ELF sections).

DWARF5 and split dwarf, including GNU DebugFission, support.

* Fri Jun 1 2018 Mark Wielaard - 0.171-1

- New upstream release.

- DWARF5 and split dwarf, including GNU DebugFission, support.

- readelf: Handle all new DWARF5 sections.

--debug-dump=info+ will show split unit DIEs when found.

--dwarf-skeleton can be used when inspecting a .dwo file.

Recognizes GNU locviews with --debug-dump=loc.

- libdw: New functions dwarf_die_addr_die, dwarf_get_units,

dwarf_getabbrevattr_data and dwarf_cu_info.

libdw will now try to resolve the alt file on first use

when not set yet with dwarf_set_alt.

dwarf_aggregate_size() now works with multi-dimensional arrays.

- libdwfl: Use process_vm_readv when available instead of ptrace.

- backends: Add a RISC-V backend.

[ 1 ] Bug #1559243 - CVE-2018-8769 elfutils: buffer over-read in ebldynamictagname.c:ebl_dynamic_tag_name() allows for denial of service [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1559243

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-f91531043d' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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FEDORA-2018-f91531043d 2018-06-08 13:09:48.199521 Product : Fedora 28 Version : 0.171 Release : 1.fc28 URL : https://sourceware.org/elfutils/ Summary : A collection of utilities and DSOs to handle ELF files and DWARF data Description : 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), elflint (to check for well-formed ELF files) and elfcompress (to compress or decompress ELF sections). DWARF5 and split dwarf, including GNU DebugFission, support. * Fri Jun 1 2018 Mark Wielaard - 0.171-1 - New upstream release. - DWARF5 and split dwarf, including GNU DebugFission, support. - readelf: Handle all new DWARF5 sections. --debug-dump=info+ will show split unit DIEs when found. --dwarf-skeleton can be used when inspecting a .dwo file. Recognizes GNU locviews with --debug-dump=loc. - libdw: New functions dwarf_die_addr_die, dwarf_get_units, dwarf_getabbrevattr_data and dwarf_cu_info. libdw will now try to resolve the alt file on first use when not set yet with dwarf_set_alt. dwarf_aggregate_size() now works with multi-dimensional arrays. - libdwfl: Use process_vm_readv when available instead of ptrace. - backends: Add a RISC-V backend. [ 1 ] Bug #1559243 - CVE-2018-8769 elfutils: buffer over-read in ebldynamictagname.c:ebl_dynamic_tag_name() allows for denial of service [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1559243 su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-f91531043d' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EP43TAFBHQYHEVFEGFYOXUFAUCL3CQVB/

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Product : Fedora 28
Version : 0.171
Release : 1.fc28
URL : https://sourceware.org/elfutils/
Summary : A collection of utilities and DSOs to handle ELF files and DWARF data

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