CVE-2014-3710

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3710
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-05 11:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:20:00 UTC
DescriptionThe donote function in readelf.c in file through 5.20, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP 5.4.34, does not ensure that sufficient note headers are present, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Php Php All All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.34 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.34 All All All

References

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Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Fix note bounds reading, Francisco Alonso / Red Hat · file/file@39c7ac1 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
FreeBSD-SA-14:28 FREEBSD www.freebsd.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:1516-1: moderate: Security update for file SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA61970 - Oracle Linux update for php53 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-2494-1: file vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
file: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-42) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Security Advisory SA60630 - Red Hat update for php53 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201503-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2 OS X 10.10.3 and Security Update 2015-004 APPLE lists.apple.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Bug 1155071 – CVE-2014-3710 file: out-of-bounds read in elf note headers CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
208.43.231.11 Git - php-src.git/commit git.php.net
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-1767 CONFIRM linux.oracle.com
Security Advisory SA61982 - Oracle Linux update for php - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62559 - Debian update for php5 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-1768 CONFIRM linux.oracle.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
FreeBSD file(1) and libmagic(3) File Processing Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Security Advisory SA61763 - Ubuntu update for php5 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3072-1 file DEBIAN www.debian.org
PHP :: Sec Bug #68283 :: fileinfo: out-of-bounds read in elf note headers CONFIRM bugs.php.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-2391-1: php5 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA62347 - Debian update for file - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
208.43.231.11 Git - php-src.git/commit CONFIRM git.php.net
About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 and Security Update 2015-004 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Security Advisory SA60699 - Red Hat update for php - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
PHP 'donote()' Function Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710357 Gentoo Linux file Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-42)
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