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A vulnerability was found in Christos Zoulas File 5.21. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file readelf.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 02/05/2015 by Moritz Muehlenhoff as confirmed mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is available at seclists.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-9653 since 02/04/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82862 (Debian DLA-204-1 : file security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context local. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236004 (Red Hat Update for file (RHSA-2016:0760)).

Upgrading to version 5.22 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100749), Vulnerability Center (SBV-56872) and Tenable (82862). Further details are available at bugzilla.redhat.com. Similar entries are available at 67398, 67724, 68081 and 68414.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Christos Zoulas

Name

• File

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 82862
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-204-1 : file security update
Nessus File: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 80056
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Linux Local Check: ELSA-2015-2155
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: File 5.22
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

02/04/2015 🔍
02/05/2015 +0 days 🔍
02/05/2015 +0 days 🔍
02/10/2015 +5 days 🔍
03/30/2015 +48 days 🔍
04/19/2015 +19 days 🔍
04/20/2015 +1 days 🔍
07/20/2015 +91 days 🔍
03/01/2016 +226 days 🔍
03/09/2022 +2198 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 445c8fb0ebff85195be94cd9f7e1df89cade5c7f
Researcher: Moritz Muehlenhoff
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-9653 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 100749 - file readelf.c code execution, Medium Risk
Vulnerability Center: 56872 - file before 5.22 and PHP Multiple Versions Remote Code Execution and DoS via a Crafted ELF File, High
SecurityFocus: 72516 - file 'readelf.c' Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/10/2015 10:20 AM
Updated: 03/09/2022 01:27 AM
Changes: 02/10/2015 10:20 AM (76), 08/24/2018 09:27 AM (8), 03/09/2022 01:19 AM (5), 03/09/2022 01:27 AM (1)
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