Resource Management Errors Affecting file-libs package, versions <0:5.22-2.29.amzn1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-FILELIBS-1683421
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 21 Jan 2015
Introduced: 21 Jan 2015
CVE-2014-9620 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 file-libs to version 0:5.22-2.29.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2015-497.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file-libs package and not the file-libs package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.
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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71715
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/ce90e05774dd77d86cfc8dfa6da57b32816841c4
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9620
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3121
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001653.html
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/
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