SB2015012102 - Resource management error in file
Published: January 21, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015012102
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9621)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001654.html
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/65437cee25199dbd385fb35901bc0011e164276c
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/