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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7610
Vulnerability in elfutils (DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7610)
Summary
vulnerability in elfutils (DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7610). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `0.168-1` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7610** has been found in elfutils.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade elfutils to **0.168-1** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "elfutils DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7610" on the vendor's site.
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7610 (elfutils) —
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated
Patched: `0.168-1` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in elfutils.
📍 Affected scope
elfutils — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **0.168-1**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'elfutils' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'elfutils' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `elfutils` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade elfutils to 0.168-1ステージング環境で 0.168-1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Debian:11
elfutils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.168-1"}]}]
Debian:12
elfutils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.168-1"}]}]
Debian:13
elfutils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.168-1"}]}]
Debian:14
elfutils
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.168-1"}]}]