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CVE-2014-9620

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Date: January 21, 2015

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (16)

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3121

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9620

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

Url: http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08

Url: https://github.com/file/file/commit/ce90e05774dd77d86cfc8dfa6da57b32816841c4

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9620

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9

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

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71715

Url: http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001653.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9620

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9620

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-9620

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 5.22

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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