| Name | CVE-2014-9621 |
| Description | The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
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 | (not affected) | | | |
| file | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| file | source | (unstable) | 1:5.21+15-1 | | | |
| php5 | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| php5 | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| php5 | source | (unstable) | 5.6.5+dfsg-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - file <not-affected> (Introduced in 5.16)
[squeeze] - file <not-affected> (Introduced in 5.16)
[wheezy] - php5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[squeeze] - php5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Report: http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001654.html
Fix: https://github.com/file/file/commit/65437cee25199dbd385fb35901bc0011e164276c
Introduced by: https://github.com/file/file/commit/c8451af8ab0c2e2a93ce93b9c68257d31576cc85 (5.16)
readelf.c has been removed in PHP in 5.6.5, see http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.5