CVE-2014-8116

Summary

CVECVE-2014-8116
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-17 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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)

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 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

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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
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