Fine Free file prior 5.0 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Fine Free file and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-1943. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fine Free file. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Fine Free file before 5.17 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, CPU consumption, and crash) via a crafted indirect offset value in the magic of a file.

The weakness was shared 02/18/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-1943 since 02/10/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75291 (openSUSE Security Update : file (openSUSE-SU-2014:0364-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350812 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for file: AL2012-2015-019).

Upgrading to version 5.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (75291) and SecurityFocus (BID 65596†). The entries VDB-12846, VDB-13007, VDB-13405 and VDB-67620 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 75291
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : file (openSUSE-SU-2014:0364-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 702861
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2861-1 (file - denial of service
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Fine Free file 5.0

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02/10/2014 🔍
02/17/2014 +7 days 🔍
02/18/2014 +1 days 🔍
02/18/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/14/2014 +24 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +91 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +284 days 🔍
02/01/2022 +2506 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-2123-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-1943 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1943
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66419

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SecurityFocus: 65596 - File Utility CVE-2014-1943 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 02/01/2022 20:08
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (60), 05/02/2019 16:53 (9), 02/01/2022 20:00 (3), 02/01/2022 20:08 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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