Resource Management Errors Affecting file-libs package, versions <0:5.22-2.29.amzn1
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3.22% (92nd
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-FILELIBS-1683429
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 17 Dec 2014
Introduced: 17 Dec 2014
CVE-2014-8116 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 (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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8116
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
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