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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

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 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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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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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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