| Name | CVE-2014-1943 |
| Description | Fine Free file before 5.17 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, CPU consumption, and crash) via a crafted indirect offset value in the magic of a file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2861-1, DSA-2868-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 738832, 739012 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| file (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:5.39-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:5.44-3 | fixed | |
| forky, sid, trixie | 1:5.46-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| file | source | squeeze | 5.04-5+squeeze3 | DSA-2861-1 | ||
| file | source | wheezy | 5.11-2+deb7u1 | DSA-2861-1 | ||
| file | source | (unstable) | 1:5.17-0.1 | 738832 | ||
| php5 | source | squeeze | 5.3.3-7+squeeze19 | DSA-2868-1 | ||
| php5 | source | wheezy | 5.4.4-14+deb7u8 | DSA-2868-1 | ||
| php5 | source | (unstable) | 5.5.10+dfsg-1 | 739012 |
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001337.html
https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/3c081560c23f20b2985c285338b52c7aae9fdb0f
https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/cc9e74dfeca5265ad725acc926ef0b8d2a18ee70