ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2014-8116

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.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
  2. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
  3. http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
  4. http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
  5. http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
  6. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
  7. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
  8. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700
  9. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344
  10. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
  11. https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
  12. https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8
  13. https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6
  14. https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
  15. http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
  16. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
  17. http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
  18. http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
  19. http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
  20. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html