| Name | CVE-2014-9653 |
| Description | readelf.c in file before 5.22, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, does not consider that pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file. |
| 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-204-1, DSA-3196-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 777585 |
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+squeeze10 | DLA-204-1 | ||
| file | source | wheezy | 5.11-2+deb7u8 | DSA-3196-1 | ||
| file | source | (unstable) | 1:5.22+15-1 | 777585 | ||
| php5 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- php5 <not-affected> (readelf.c not used and even removed in 5.4.36-0+deb7u3)
http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=409
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001649.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/04/13