CVE-2014-8116
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 4%
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.
Products: file_project file, freebsd, mageia, canonical ubuntu_linux
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | file | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| Debian 13 | file | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| Debian 14 | file | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| Debian 6.0 | file | 5.04-5+squeeze9 |
| Debian 7 | file | 5.11-2+deb7u7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | file | 0:5.04-30.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | file-debuginfo | 0:5.04-30.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | file-devel | 0:5.04-30.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | file-libs | 0:5.04-30.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | file-static | 0:5.04-30.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | python-magic | 0:5.04-30.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | file | 0:5.11-31.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | file-debuginfo | 0:5.11-31.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | file-devel | 0:5.11-31.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | file-libs | 0:5.11-31.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | file-static | 0:5.11-31.el7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | python-magic | 0:5.11-31.el7 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | file | 5.22-10.3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | file | 5.22-10.3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | file | 5.22-10.3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | file | 5.22-10.3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | file | 5.22-10.3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | file | 5.22-10.3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | file | 5.22-10.3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | file | 5.22-10.3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | python-magic | 5.22-10.3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | file | 5.22-10.3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | python-magic | 5.22-10.3.1 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | file | 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | file | 5.29-2.1 |