Improper Input Validation Affecting file package, versions <1:5.22+15-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.39% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-FILE-519841
  • published30 Mar 2015
  • disclosed30 Mar 2015

Introduced: 30 Mar 2015

CVE-2014-9653  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 file to version 1:5.22+15-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

readelf.c in file before 5.22, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, does not consider that pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

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