Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-8116

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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...

RHEL 5 : file (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - file: out-of-bounds read in elf note headers CVE-2014-3710 - file: denial of service issue resource...

Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-131-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

K16347: Linux file utility vulnerabilities CVE-2014-8116 and CVE-2014-8117

Security Advisory Description CVE-2014-8116 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. CVE-2014-8117 softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0040)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2017:3048-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in file affect IBM Security Network Protection

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in file that is used by IBM Security Network Protection. These vulnerabilities include CVE-2014-3538, CVE-2014-3587, CVE-2014-3710, CVE-2014-8116, CVE-2014-8117, CVE-2014-9620, and CVE-2014-9653. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2014-3538 DESCRIPTION: Fi...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : file (SUSE-SU-2017:3048-1)

The GNU file utility was updated to version 5.22. Security issues fixed : - CVE-2014-9621: The ELF parser in file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string. bsc913650 - CVE-2014-9620: The ELF parser in file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a...

openSUSE Security Update : file (openSUSE-2017-1298)

The GNU file utility was updated to version 5.22. Security issues fixed : - CVE-2014-9621: The ELF parser in file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string. bsc913650 - CVE-2014-9620: The ELF parser in file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : Linux file utility vulnerabilities (K16347)

CVE-2014-8116 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. CVE-2014-8117 softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion,...

OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : file (OVMSA-2016-0050)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - fix CVE-2014-3538 unrestricted regular expression matching - fix 1284826 - try to read ELF header to detect corrupted one - fix 1263987 - fix bugs found by coverity in the patch - fix CVE-2014-3587...

Oracle Linux 6 : file (ELSA-2016-0760)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-0760 advisory. - fix CVE-2014-3538 unrestricted regular expression matching - fix CVE-2014-3587 incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571 - fix CVE-2014-3710 out-of-bounds rea...

file security, bug fix, and enhancement update

5.04-30 - fix CVE-2014-3538 unrestricted regular expression matching 5.04-29 - fix 1284826 - try to read ELF header to detect corrupted one 5.04-28 - fix 1263987 - fix bugs found by coverity in the patch 5.04-27 - fix CVE-2014-3587 incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571 - fix CVE-2014-3710 out-of-bound...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2015-2155)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

RHEL 7 : file (RHSA-2015:2155)

Updated file packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings,...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : file (SUSE-SU-2014:1730-1)

This file update fixes the following security issues : - bsc910252: multiple denial of service issues resource consumption CVE-2014-8116 - bsc910253: denial of service issue resource consumption CVE-2014-8117 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directl...

SOL16347 - Linux file utility vulnerabilities CVE-2014-8116 and CVE-2014-8117

Vulnerability Recommended Actions If you are running a version listed in the Versions known to be vulnerable column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by upgrading to a version listed in the Versions known to be not vulnerable column. If the table lists only an older version than what you are...

Medium: file

Issue Overview: The ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes. CVE-2014-9620 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...

Fedora Update for file FEDORA-2015-2020

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Fedora 21 : file-5.22-2.fc21 (2015-2020)

Update to File-5.22. Fixes various CVE bugs. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues...