A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GNU elfutils 0.192. This vulnerability affects the function elf_strptr in the library /libelf/elf_strptr.c of the component eu-strip. The manipulation leads to denial of service. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is b16f441cca0a4841050e3215a9f120a6d8aea918. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Note that this CVE was filed without following the upstream SECURITY policy: https://sourceware.org/cgit/elfutils/tree/SECURITY This is NOT a security issue according to upstream policy. It was filed against GNU as vendor but elfutils is not a GNU package. Upstream request that people who report suspected security vulnerabilities report them through the contacts in the SECURITY policy and not through non-affiliated CNAs.