CVE-2014-9653
high
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5
Description
readelf.c in file before 5.22, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, does not consider that pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9653
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:5.22+15-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:5.22+15-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:5.22+15-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:5.22+15-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:5.22+15-1 |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| file_project | file | {"endIncluding":"5.21"} | |
| php | php | {"endIncluding":"5.4.36"} | |
| php | php | 5.5.0 | |
| php | php | 5.5.1 | |
| php | php | 5.5.2 | |
| php | php | 5.5.3 | |
| php | php | 5.5.4 | |
| php | php | 5.5.5 | |
| php | php | 5.5.6 | |
| php | php | 5.5.7 | |
| php | php | 5.5.8 | |
| php | php | 5.5.9 | |
| php | php | 5.5.10 | |
| php | php | 5.5.11 | |
| php | php | 5.5.12 | |
| php | php | 5.5.13 | |
| php | php | 5.5.14 | |
| php | php | 5.5.15 | |
| php | php | 5.5.16 | |
| php | php | 5.5.17 | |
| php | php | 5.5.18 | |
| php | php | 5.5.19 | |
| php | php | 5.5.20 | |
| php | php | 5.6.0 | |
| php | php | 5.6.1 | |
| php | php | 5.6.2 | |
| php | php | 5.6.3 | |
| php | php | 5.6.4 | |
References
- http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=409
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001649.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/13
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3196
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72516
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/445c8fb0ebff85195be94cd9f7e1df89cade5c7f
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-42
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9653
CWEs
CWE-20
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.