| Name | CVE-2014-8116 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-131-1, DSA-3121-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 773148 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| file (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:5.30-1+deb9u3 | fixed |
| buster | 1:5.35-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster (lts) | 1:5.35-4+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:5.39-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:5.44-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:5.45-3 | fixed |
| php5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u21 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| file | source | squeeze | 5.04-5+squeeze9 | | DLA-131-1 | |
| file | source | wheezy | 5.11-2+deb7u7 | | DSA-3121-1 | |
| file | source | (unstable) | 1:5.21+15-1 | low | | 773148 |
| php5 | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| php5 | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| php5 | source | (unstable) | 5.6.4+dfsg-2 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - php5 <not-affected> (Affected code not used in filemagic)
[squeeze] - php5 <not-affected> (Affected code not used in filemagic)
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b
https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6
Other commits needed as well: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/16/2