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[USN-7576-1] dwarfutils vulnerabilities

Posted on 18 June 2025
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7576-1
June 18, 2025

dwarfutils vulnerabilities
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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.

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

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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