Re: CVE request: file(1) DoS

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On Fri, 16 Jan 2015, Alexander Cherepanov wrote:

> On 16.01.2015 16:15, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> > On 2015-01-03 02:50 PM, Alexander Cherepanov wrote:
> > > On 2014-12-17 03:44, Alexander Cherepanov wrote:
> > > > There are two more DoSes fixed in ELF parser of file(1), similar to the
> > > > recent CVE-2014-8116.
> > >
> > > These fixes were included in 5.22 release:
> > >
> > > http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html
> > >
> > > > 1. Limit the number of ELF notes processed
> > > > Report: http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001653.html
> > > > Fix: 
> > > > https://github.com/file/file/commit/ce90e05774dd77d86cfc8dfa6da57b32816841c4
> > >
> > > This issue seems to be introduced here:
> > >
> > > https://github.com/file/file/commit/956a45ab1c54b11304b367056f41905e72a02380#diff-bc5c24ef9f39a5f4963ca28ecbc645b3L423
> > >
> > >
> > > which ended up in 5.08 release. Hence releases 5.08--5.21 are vulnerable.

Use CVE-2014-9620.



> > > > 2. Limit string printing to 100 chars
> > > > Report: http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001654.html
> > > > Fix: 
> > > > https://github.com/file/file/commit/65437cee25199dbd385fb35901bc0011e164276c
> > >
> > > This issue was introduced in the following commit:
> > >
> > > https://github.com/file/file/commit/c8451af8ab0c2e2a93ce93b9c68257d31576cc85
> > >
> > > which ended up in 5.16 release. Hence releases 5.16--5.21 are vulnerable.
> > >
> > > > Both problems amplified by the fact that the same section in ELF file
> > > > can be referenced and processed by file(1) multiple times. This is also
> > > > fixed in the first commit linked above.
> > > >
> > > > Could CVE(s) please be assigned?


Use CVE-2014-9621.

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