dtrace — security advisory

{
  "id": "52b78166da719960033d5b6df7f61aa6fb1ac00c3728085f4cbbac5195ad5183",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-21996",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-21996",
    "summary": "An unprivileged attacker can reliably trigger a crash of the dtrace process with a malicious ELF binary due to an integer Divide-by-Zero in Pbuild_file_symtab()",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-21996",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "dtrace",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.0.6-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.0.7-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.0.7-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.0.7-3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "dtrace",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.0.5-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.0.6-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-21996",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-21996"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        },
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "dtrace",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/dtrace?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.0.6-1",
            "2.0.7-1",
            "2.0.7-2",
            "2.0.7-3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-21996.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "dtrace",
                "binary_version": "2.0.7-3"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "dtrace-tests",
                "binary_version": "2.0.7-3"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "libdtrace2",
                "binary_version": "2.0.7-3"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "dtrace",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/dtrace?arch=source&distro=resolute",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.0.5-1",
            "2.0.6-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-21996.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "dtrace",
                "binary_version": "2.0.6-1"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "dtrace-tests",
                "binary_version": "2.0.6-1"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "libdtrace2",
                "binary_version": "2.0.6-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:58:06.714144499Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-21996"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-21996",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-21996",
        "https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-21996.html"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-21996",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/1/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 358129,
  "published_at": "2026-05-01T18:16:00+00:00"
}