Christos Zoulas file up to 5.16 softmagic.c memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Christos Zoulas file up to 5.16. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file softmagic.c. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-2270. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Christos Zoulas file up to 5.16 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file softmagic.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

softmagic.c in file before 5.17 and libmagic allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and crash) via crafted offsets in the softmagic of a PE executable.

The weakness was released 03/14/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-2270 since 03/04/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73400 (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 : php5 vulnerability (USN-2163-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350432 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for php54: ALAS-2014-313).

Upgrading to version 5.01 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 (73400) and SecurityFocus (BID 66002†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-67626. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 73400
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 : php5 vulnerability (USN-2163-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 867572
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for php FEDORA-2014-3534
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: file 5.01
Patch: github.com

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03/06/2014 +2 days 🔍
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04/07/2014 +24 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +350 days 🔍
02/03/2022 +2508 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-2163-1
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CVE: CVE-2014-2270 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2270
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66641

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SecurityFocus: 66002 - PHP Fileinfo Component Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 02/03/2022 15:29
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (69), 05/02/2019 11:35 (3), 02/03/2022 15:18 (4), 02/03/2022 15:24 (1), 02/03/2022 15:29 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:7FC:103

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