Description
The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.
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
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/ ↗
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001654.html ↗
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08 ↗
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html ↗
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/65437cee25199dbd385fb35901bc0011e164276c ↗