CVE-2014-8116

file: multiple denial of service issues (resource consumption)

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El intérprete ELF (readelf.c) en versiones anteriores a 5.21, permite a atacantes remotos, provocar una denegaci?o de servicio (consumo de CPU o rotura) mediante un número largo de (1) programa o (2) cabeceras de sección o (3) capacidades no válidas.

Multiple flaws were found in the way the File Information (fileinfo) extension parsed Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) files. A remote attacker could use either of these flaws to cause a PHP application using fileinfo to consume an excessive amount of system resources.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-10-10 CVE Reserved
2014-12-10 CVE Published
2024-07-29 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html	Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/61944	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62081	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog	2018-01-05
https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8	2018-01-05
https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6	2018-01-05

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html	2018-01-05
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1	2018-01-05
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc	2018-01-05
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8116	2016-05-10
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171580	2016-05-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
File Project Search vendor "File Project"		File Search vendor "File Project" for product "File"				5.20 Search vendor "File Project" for product "File" and version "5.20"		-		Affected
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				*		-		Affected
Mageia Search vendor "Mageia"		Mageia Search vendor "Mageia" for product "Mageia"				4.0 Search vendor "Mageia" for product "Mageia" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.10"		-		Affected