Resource Management Errors Affecting file package, versions <1:5.21+15-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
6.13% (94th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-FILE-301058
- published 21 Jan 2015
- disclosed 21 Jan 2015
Introduced: 21 Jan 2015
CVE-2014-9620 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
file
to version 1:5.21+15-1 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 Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9620
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3121
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/ce90e05774dd77d86cfc8dfa6da57b32816841c4
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001653.html
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71715
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9620
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/