usn-3686-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-06-14 12:37
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
file vulnerabilities
Details

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled a large number of notes. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9620)

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled certain long strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9621)

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9653)

It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain magic files. An attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted magic file to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8865)

It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-10360)

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  "details": "Alexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled a large\nnumber of notes. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9620)\n\nAlexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled certain long\nstrings. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9621)\n\nAlexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9653)\n\nIt was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain magic files. An\nattacker could use this issue with a specially crafted magic file to cause\na denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8865)\n\nIt was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF\nfiles. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2018-10360)\n",
  "id": "USN-3686-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:35Z",
  "published": "2018-06-14T12:37:10Z",
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}



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