USN-2494-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2494-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2494-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2494-1
Related
Published
2015-02-04T17:56:07.711001Z
Modified
2015-02-04T17:56:07.711001Z
Summary
file vulnerabilities
Details

Francisco Alonso discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3710)

Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8116)

Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly limited recursion. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8117)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/file?arch=src?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_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3",
            "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"
        }
    ]
}