Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61944 ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html ↗
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html ↗
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1 ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62081 ↗
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056 ↗
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html ↗
- https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog ↗