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Medium ELSA-2015-2155 14 CVEs

Moderate: file security and bug fix update (Oracle Linux 7)

Published Nov 23, 2015 · Updated Nov 23, 2015

Summary

[5.11-31]
- fix #1255396 - Make the build ID output consistent with other tools

[5.11-30]
- fix CVE-2014-8116 - bump the acceptable ELF program headers count to 2048

[5.11-29]
- fix #839229 - fix detection of version of XML files

[5.11-28]
- fix #839229 - fix detection of version of XML files

[5.11-27]
- fix CVE-2014-0207 - cdf_read_short_sector insufficient boundary check
- fix CVE-2014-0237 - cdf_unpack_summary_info() excessive looping DoS
- fix CVE-2014-0238 - CDF property info parsing nelements infinite loop
- fix CVE-2014-3478 - mconvert incorrect handling of truncated pascal string
- fix CVE-2014-3479 - fix extensive backtracking in regular expression
- fix CVE-2014-3480 - cdf_count_chain insufficient boundary check
- fix CVE-2014-3487 - cdf_read_property_info insufficient boundary check
- fix CVE-2014-3538 - unrestricted regular expression matching
- fix CVE-2014-3587 - fix cdf_read_property_info
- fix CVE-2014-3710 - out-of-bounds read in elf note headers
- fix CVE-2014-8116 - multiple denial of service issues (resource consumption)
- fix CVE-2014-8117 - denial of service issue (resource consumption)
- fix CVE-2014-9652 - out of bounds read in mconvert()
- fix CVE-2014-9653 - malformed elf file causes access to uninitialized memory

[5.11-26]
- fix #1080452 - remove .orig files from magic directory

[5.11-25]
- fix #1224667, #1224668 - show additional info for Linux swap files

[5.11-24]
- fix #1064268 - fix stray return -1

[5.11-23]
- fix #1094648 - improve Minix detection pattern to fix false positives
- fix #1161912 - trim white-spaces during ISO9660 detection
- fix #1157850 - fix detection of ppc64le ELF binaries
- fix #1161911 - display 'from' field on 32bit ppc core
- fix #1064167 - revert MAXMIME patch
- fix #1064268 - detect Dwarf debuginfo as 'not stripped'
- fix #1082689 - fix invalid read when matched pattern is the last one tried
- fix #1080362 - remove deadcode and OFFSET_OOB redefinition

[5.11-22]
- fix #1067688 - add support for aarch64 ELF binaries

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 file 0:5.11-31.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 file-devel 0:5.11-31.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 file-libs 0:5.11-31.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 file-static 0:5.11-31.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 python-magic 0:5.11-31.el7

Vulnerabilities 14

  • Medium 6.5
    CVE-2014-0207 EPSS 17%

    The cdf_read_short_sector function in cdf.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.30…

  • Medium 6.5
    CVE-2014-3478 EPSS 15%

    Buffer overflow in the mconvert function in softmagic.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP b…

  • Medium 6.5
    CVE-2014-3480 EPSS 11%

    The cdf_count_chain function in cdf.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-0237 EPSS 20%

    The cdf_unpack_summary_info function in cdf.c in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.29 and 5.5.x before 5.5.13 al…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-0238 EPSS 21%

    The cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.29 and 5.5.x before 5.5.13 all…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-3479 EPSS 15%

    The cdf_check_stream_offset function in cdf.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-3487 EPSS 15%

    The cdf_read_property_info function in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5.5…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-3538 EPSS 12%

    file before 5.19 does not properly restrict the amount of data read during a regex search, which allows remote attacker…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-3587 EPSS 20%

    Integer overflow in the cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c in file through 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo componen…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2014-3710 EPSS 14%

    The donote function in readelf.c in file through 5.20, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP 5.4.34, does not ensure…

  • Unscored —

    The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or…

  • Unscored —

    softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of s…

  • Unscored —

    The mconvert function in softmagic.c in file before 5.21, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x…

  • Unscored —

    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 b…