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CVE-2014-8116

Description

The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a large number of (1) program or (2) section headers or (3) invalid capabilities.

POC

Reference

- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1

- https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8

Github

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