Resource management error in file - CVE-2014-8116

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

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.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2014-8116

External References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
• 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/71700
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
• https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
• https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8
• https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6
• https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc

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