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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6	Patch Issue Tracking
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8	Patch Issue Tracking
https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog	Patch Issue Tracking
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1	Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700
http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.20:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:::::::*

Information

Published : 2014-12-17 11:59

Updated : 2018-01-04 18:29

NVD link : CVE-2014-8116

Mitre link : CVE-2014-8116

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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Products Affected

file_project

file

canonical

ubuntu_linux

mageia

mageia

freebsd

freebsd

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