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Ubuntu 25.04: USN-7576-1 critical: dwarfutils buffer overflow

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Calendar Grey June 18, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Dwarfutils package on Ubuntu is susceptible to security flaws that could lead to application crashes or the execution of arbitrary code; it is essential to perform updates without delay.
dwarfutils could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

dwarfutils could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- dwarfutils: Utilities for DWARF debugging information

Details:

It was discovered that dwarfutils did not correctly certain memory

operations, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker could

possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary

code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow critical ubuntu dwarfutils

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.04
  dwarfdump                       20210528-1ubuntu0.25.04.1
  libdwarf-dev                    20210528-1ubuntu0.25.04.1
  libdwarf1                       20210528-1ubuntu0.25.04.1

Ubuntu 24.10
  dwarfdump                       20210528-1ubuntu0.24.10.1
  libdwarf-dev                    20210528-1ubuntu0.24.10.1
  libdwarf1                       20210528-1ubuntu0.24.10.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  dwarfdump                       20210528-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libdwarf-dev                    20210528-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libdwarf1                       20210528-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  dwarfdump                       20210528-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libdwarf-dev                    20210528-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libdwarf1                       20210528-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7576-1

CVE-2022-32200

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7576-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow critical ubuntu dwarfutils

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dwarfutils/20210528-1ubuntu0.25.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dwarfutils/20210528-1ubuntu0.24.10.1

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