PT-2025-6901 · Gnu+4 · Gnu Elfutils+4

Rookie · Published 2025-02-17 · Updated 2026-02-13 · CVE-2025-1371

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GNU elfutils version 0.192

Description: A vulnerability has been found in GNU elfutils, affecting the function handle dynamic symtab of the file readelf.c in the eu-read component. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Recommendations: For GNU elfutils version 0.192, it is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The patch is identified as b38e562a4c907e08171c76b8b2def8464d5a104a. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the handle dynamic symtab function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Resource Release

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-404

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-1371

ECHO-162B-A196-2F83

OESA-2025-1178

OESA-2025-1179

USN-7369-1

Affected Products

Debian

Gnu Elfutils

Linuxmint

Red Os

Ubuntu

References · 37

• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32655 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15926 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-1371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-1365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-1372 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-1371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1376 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2025-1371 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32655#c2 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1372 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1352 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7369-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1371 · Security Note