CVE-2014-9620
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| file_project | file | 5.08 | |
| file_project | file | 5.09 | |
| file_project | file | 5.10 | |
| file_project | file | 5.11 | |
| file_project | file | 5.12 | |
| file_project | file | 5.13 | |
| file_project | file | 5.14 | |
| file_project | file | 5.15 | |
| file_project | file | 5.16 | |
| file_project | file | 5.17 | |
| file_project | file | 5.18 | |
| file_project | file | 5.19 | |
| file_project | file | 5.20 | |
| file_project | file | 5.21 | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001653.html
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3121
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71715
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/ce90e05774dd77d86cfc8dfa6da57b32816841c4
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9620
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.