Vulnerability CVE-2014-9620
Published: 2015-01-21   Modified: 2015-01-22

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
File project -> FILE 

 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/
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