CVE-2014-9620

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9620
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-21 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-06-16 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application File Project File 5.08 All All All
Application File Project File 5.09 All All All
Application File Project File 5.10 All All All
Application File Project File 5.11 All All All
Application File Project File 5.12 All All All
Application File Project File 5.13 All All All
Application File Project File 5.14 All All All
Application File Project File 5.15 All All All
Application File Project File 5.16 All All All
Application File Project File 5.17 All All All
Application File Project File 5.18 All All All
Application File Project File 5.19 All All All
Application File Project File 5.20 All All All
Application File Project File 5.21 All All All
Application File Project File 5.08 All All All
Application File Project File 5.09 All All All
Application File Project File 5.10 All All All
Application File Project File 5.11 All All All
Application File Project File 5.12 All All All
Application File Project File 5.13 All All All
Application File Project File 5.14 All All All
Application File Project File 5.15 All All All
Application File Project File 5.16 All All All
Application File Project File 5.17 All All All
Application File Project File 5.18 All All All
Application File Project File 5.19 All All All
Application File Project File 5.20 All All All
Application File Project File 5.21 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
file: Denial of Service (GLSA 201503-08) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0040 - Updated php packages fix security vulnerabilities CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3121-1 file DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: file(1) DoS MLIST www.openwall.com
USN-3686-1: file vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
file 5.21 is now available MLIST mx.gw.com
[File] 20150102 file 5.22 is now available MLIST mx.gw.com Vendor Advisory
- Add a limit to the number of ELF notes processed (Suggested by Alexand... · ce90e05 · file/file · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
file 'src/readelf.c' Denial of Service 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

  • 671084 EulerOS Security Update for file (EulerOS-SA-2019-2449)
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