UBUNTU-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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / file

Package

Name: file
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3

Affected versions

5.*

5.11-2ubuntu4

1:5.*

1:5.14-2ubuntu1

1:5.14-2ubuntu2

1:5.14-2ubuntu3

1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1

1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "file",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "file-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmagic-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmagic1",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-magic",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-magic",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"
        }
    ]
}