Christos Zoulas file 5.20 softmagic.c resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Christos Zoulas file 5.20. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file softmagic.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 12/16/2014 by Thomas Jarosch with Intra2net AG as confirmed mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-8117 since 10/10/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81950 (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : php5 vulnerabilities (USN-2535-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371350 (F5 BIG-IP ASM,LTM,APM Linux File Utility Denial of Service Vulnerability (K16347)).

Upgrading to version 5.21 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (99419) and Tenable (81950). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 68460.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 81950
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : php5 vulnerabilities (USN-2535-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2015-497
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: file 5.21
Patch: github.com

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Advisory: USN-2535-1
Researcher: Thomas Jarosch
Organization: Intra2net AG
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-8117 (🔍)
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X-Force: 99419 - file(1) softmagic.c denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1031344
Vulnerability Center: 47925 - File <5.21 'softmagic.c\x27 Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 71692 - file CVE-2014-8117 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 61944 - SUSE update for file, Less Critical

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Created: 12/27/2014 18:51
Updated: 03/01/2022 14:45
Changes: 12/27/2014 18:51 (78), 06/17/2017 07:34 (7), 03/01/2022 14:41 (5), 03/01/2022 14:42 (1), 03/01/2022 14:45 (2)
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