| Name | CVE-2014-8117 |
| Description | softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via unspecified vectors. |
| 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, DLA-145-1, DSA-2868-1, DSA-3121-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 773148 |
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 | 5.3.3-7+squeeze24 | DLA-145-1 | ||
| php5 | source | wheezy | 5.4.4-14+deb7u8 | DSA-2868-1 | ||
| php5 | source | (unstable) | 5.6.4+dfsg-2 |
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81c
Other commits needed as well: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/16/2