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CVE-2014-8117 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2014-8117

CVE-2014-8117

UNKNOWN

softmagic

Published Dec 17, 2014

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

WEB

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html

ADVISORY

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html

WEB

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056

ADVISORY

http://secunia.com/advisories/61944

ADVISORY

http://secunia.com/advisories/62081

WEB

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

WEB

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

WEB

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71692

WEB

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344

ADVISORY

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1

ADVISORY

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1

WEB

https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog

WEB

https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81c

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8117

ADVISORY

https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Exploitability

Access Vector

NetworkAV:N

Access Complexity

LowAC:L

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

PartialA:P

5/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 17, 2014

ModifiedAug 6, 2024