Integer overflow in file - CVE-2014-3587

Vulnerability identifier: #VU3891

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3587

CWE-ID: CWE-190

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to integer overflow in the cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c in file through 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.32 and 5.5.x before 5.5.16. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption via a crafted CDF fileand cause the service to crash.

file
Amazon Linux AMI
Slackware Linux
php5 (Ubuntu package)
php (Alpine package)

Install update from vendor's website.

php5 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.27, 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.14
php (Alpine package) - update to 5.5.16-r0

• https://github.com/file/file/commit/0641e56be1af003aa02c7c6b0184466540637233

• Ubuntu update for PHP
• Integer overflow in php (Alpine package)
• Amazon Linux AMI update for php55
• Amazon Linux AMI update for file
• Slackware Linux update for php