CVE-2014-9621

Publication date 21 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Description

The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily
Not affected
15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
file 21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.10 utopic Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

readelf.c not used in php5 introduced by fix for CVE-2014-9620

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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References

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