CVE-2014-8116
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-8116 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-12-17 19:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2018-01-05 02:29:00 UTC |
| Description | The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a large number of (1) program or (2) section headers or (3) invalid capabilities. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-399
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |
| Application | File Project | File | 5.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | File Project | File | 5.20 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Mageia | Mageia | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Mageia | Mageia | 4.0 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| file CVE-2014-8116 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0040 - Updated php packages fix security vulnerabilities | CONFIRM | advisories.mageia.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Stop reporting bad capabilities after the first few. · file/file@d7cdad0 · GitHub | CONFIRM | github.com | Issue Tracking, Patch |
| FreeBSD-SA-14:28 | FREEBSD | www.freebsd.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | |
| - limit the number of program and section header number of sections t… · file/file@b4c0114 · GitHub | CONFIRM | github.com | Issue Tracking, Patch |
| USN-2494-1: file vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | UBUNTU | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 | CONFIRM | www.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 | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| oss-sec: file(1): multiple denial of service issues (resource consumption), CVE-2014-8116 and CVE-2014-8117 | MLIST | seclists.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA61944 - SUSE update for file - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| file/ChangeLog at 00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38 · file/file · GitHub | CONFIRM | github.com | Issue Tracking, Patch |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.