Resource management error in file - CVE-2014-9620
Published: January 21, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32447
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9620
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Affected software
file
Gentoo Linux
file (Alpine package)
Gentoo Linux
file (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9620
Install update from vendor's website.
file - update to 5.22
file (Alpine package) - update to 5.22-r0
file (Alpine package) - update to 5.22-r0
External 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/