CVE-2014-8117

Publication date 17 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
file	14.10 utopic	Fixed 1:5.19-1ubuntu1.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 5.09-2ubuntu0.6
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 5.03-5ubuntu1.5
php5	14.10 utopic	Fixed 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.17
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.29

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
file	Upstream: 0de3251 Upstream: c0c0032 Upstream: 6f737dd Upstream: 90018fe Upstream: 5063ca3 Upstream: 6bf4527

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2535-1
PHP vulnerabilities
18 March 2015

USN-2494-1
file vulnerabilities
4 February 2015