CVE-2014-8116
CVE-2014-8116
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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.
EPSS 4.4% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
file Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:5.21+15-1
Update to 1:5.21+15-1
file Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:5.21+15-1
Update to 1:5.21+15-1
file Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:5.21+15-1
Update to 1:5.21+15-1
file Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 5.11-2ubuntu4
- 1:5.14-2ubuntu1
- 1:5.14-2ubuntu2
- 1:5.14-2ubuntu3
- 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1
- 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3
Update to 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3
Original sources
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8116