Resource Exhaustion Affecting file package, versions <0:5.11-31.el7
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
3.2% (92nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-FILE-2056291
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 16 Dec 2014
How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7
file
to version 0:5.11-31.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file
package and not the file
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:7
relevant fixed versions and status.
softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via unspecified vectors.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71692
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81c
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8117
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2155
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1