CVE-2014-8117

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2014-12-17

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• File (File Project)
• Freebsd (Freebsd)
• Mageia (Mageia)

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71692
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1
• https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
• https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81c
• https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc