SB2015012101 - Resource management error in file
Published: January 21, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015012101
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9620)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001653.html
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3121
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71715
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/ce90e05774dd77d86cfc8dfa6da57b32816841c4
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/