CVE-2014-9653
Description
readelf.c in file before 5.22, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, does not consider that pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:5.22+15-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:5.22+15-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:5.22+15-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:5.22+15-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:5.22+15-1 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| file_project | file | {"endIncluding":"5.21"} | |
| php | php | {"endIncluding":"5.4.36"} | |
| php | php | 5.5.0 | |
| php | php | 5.5.1 | |
| php | php | 5.5.2 | |
| php | php | 5.5.3 | |
| php | php | 5.5.4 | |
| php | php | 5.5.5 | |
| php | php | 5.5.6 | |
| php | php | 5.5.7 | |
| php | php | 5.5.8 | |
| php | php | 5.5.9 | |
| php | php | 5.5.10 | |
| php | php | 5.5.11 | |
| php | php | 5.5.12 | |
| php | php | 5.5.13 | |
| php | php | 5.5.14 | |
| php | php | 5.5.15 | |
| php | php | 5.5.16 | |
| php | php | 5.5.17 | |
| php | php | 5.5.18 | |
| php | php | 5.5.19 | |
| php | php | 5.5.20 | |
| php | php | 5.6.0 | |
| php | php | 5.6.1 | |
| php | php | 5.6.2 | |
| php | php | 5.6.3 | |
| php | php | 5.6.4 | |
References
- http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=409
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001649.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/13
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3196
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72516
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/445c8fb0ebff85195be94cd9f7e1df89cade5c7f
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-42
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9653
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.