CVE-2014-9620

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-9620  

A flaw was found in the way the File Information (fileinfo) extension parsed Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) files. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a PHP application using fileinfo via a specially crafted ELF file.

A flaw was found in the way the File Information (fileinfo) extension parsed Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) files. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a PHP application using fileinfo via a specially crafted ELF file.

Find out more about CVE-2014-9620 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 1.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (file) RHSA-2016:0760 2016-05-10

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-php56-php Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux php55-php Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux php54-php Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 php Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 file Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 php Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 rpm Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php53 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 file Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 cdrtools Not affected