Resource Management Errors Affecting file package, versions <1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
3.65% (92nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-FILE-301072
- published 21 Jan 2015
- disclosed 21 Jan 2015
Introduced: 21 Jan 2015
CVE-2014-9621 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04
file
to version 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4 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 Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9621
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9621
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/65437cee25199dbd385fb35901bc0011e164276c
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001654.html
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/