SB2015013010 - Resource exhaustion in file (Alpine package)
Published: January 30, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015013010
CSH Severity
Low
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 vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8117)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to resource exhaustion when softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion. A remote attacker can trigger CPU consumption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=02286d0a09c3c4cfb072451d57c410d01663fa46
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1ba7ddddb70f1dcee72628a4274a892ce8ef4c37
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b0bbf889ddd8908b9438d92e2cea75f7978a2e51
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=718c47ea3118a64806312eb9fbb66a90b543e547