cve-2014-9620
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-01-21 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 13:47
Severity ?
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001653.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3121
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71715
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/file/file/commit/ce90e05774dd77d86cfc8dfa6da57b32816841c4
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001653.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3121
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71715
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/file/file/commit/ce90e05774dd77d86cfc8dfa6da57b32816841c4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/
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