Resource Management Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package file  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1910-FILE-669670
  • published21 Jan 2015
  • disclosed21 Jan 2015

Introduced: 21 Jan 2015

CVE-2014-9621  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.