An ouf-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way the file utility processed certain Pascal strings. A remote attacker could cause an application using the file utility (for example, PHP using the fileinfo module) to crash if it was used to identify the type of the attacker-supplied file.
Find out more about CVE-2014-9652 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (file) | RHSA-2015:2155 | 2015-11-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (php) | RHSA-2015:1135 | 2015-06-23 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (php55-php) | RHSA-2015:1053 | 2015-06-04 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (php54-php) | RHSA-2015:1066 | 2015-06-04 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (php55-php) | RHSA-2015:1053 | 2015-06-04 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (php54-php) | RHSA-2015:1066 | 2015-06-04 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-php56-php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | file | Not affected |
| 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 | php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | file | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cdrtools | Not affected |
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