CVE - CVE-2014-8116

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-8116	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BID:71700 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700 CONFIRM:http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html CONFIRM:https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog CONFIRM:https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8 CONFIRM:https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6 FREEBSD:FreeBSD-SA-14:28 URL:https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc MLIST:[oss-security] 20141216 file(1): multiple denial of service issues (resource consumption), CVE-2014-8116 and CVE-2014-8117 URL:http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:0760 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html SECTRACK:1031344 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344 SECUNIA:61944 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/61944 SECUNIA:62081 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/62081 UBUNTU:USN-2494-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20141010	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20141010)
Votes (Legacy)

Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
This is an record on the CVE List, which provides common identifiers for publicly known cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Search CVE Using Keywords: You can also search by reference using the CVE Reference Maps.
For More Information: CVE Request Web Form (select "Other" from dropdown)