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CVE-2014-9620

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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.

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/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2015-01-21

Updated: 2018-06-16

Type: CWE-399

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

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