cve-2014-8116
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-12-17 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 13:10
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/61944
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/62081
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLogPatch, Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8Patch, Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6Patch, Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.ascVendor Advisory
Impacted products
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