CVE-2014-8116
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.032 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.2%
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.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| file_project:file | file project file | eq | 5.20 |
| freebsd:freebsd | freebsd | eq | * |
References
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
secunia.com/advisories/61944
secunia.com/advisories/62081
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700
www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8
github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6
www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.032 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.2%