{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2023-07-18T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "elfutils: an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c which causes denial of service",
    "id" : "2223918",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2223918"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "6.2",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-400",
  "details" : [ "In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted file.", "A flaw was found in the elfutils tools package. An infinite loop is possible in the handle_symtab function in readelf.c, which may lead to a denial of service.\nA vulnerability was found in Elfutils, where an infinite loop in the handle_symtab function within readelf.c can lead to a denial of service, causing the application to become unresponsive and consume excessive system resources indefinitely." ],
  "statement" : "This vulnerability is rated as moderate because an infinite loop in Elfutils' handle_symtab function within readelf.c could lead to a denial of service, it does not lead to code execution but it can cause prolonged application unresponsiveness, impacting availability.",
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "elfutils",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "elfutils",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "elfutils",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "gcc-toolset-11-elfutils",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "elfutils",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Virtualization 4",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "elfutils",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-33294\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33294\nhttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27501" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2021-33294",
  "csaw" : false
}