{"id":"USN-3686-1","summary":"file vulnerabilities","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","modified":"2026-04-22T09:47:49.209533Z","published":"2018-06-14T12:37:10Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9620","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9621","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9653","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8865","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10360"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9620","CVE-2014-9621","CVE-2014-9653","CVE-2015-8865","CVE-2018-10360","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9620","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9621","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9653","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8865","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10360"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3686-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9620"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9621"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9653"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8865"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10360"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"file","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4"}]}],"versions":["5.11-2ubuntu4","1:5.14-2ubuntu1","1:5.14-2ubuntu2","1:5.14-2ubuntu3","1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1","1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2","1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"file","binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4"},{"binary_name":"libmagic1","binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4"},{"binary_name":"python-magic","binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4"},{"binary_name":"python3-magic","binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3686-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2014-9620"},{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2014-9621"},{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2014-9653"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2015-8865"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2018-10360"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}},{"package":{"name":"file","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["1:5.22+15-2ubuntu1","1:5.25-2ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"file","binary_version":"1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"libmagic1","binary_version":"1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"python-magic","binary_version":"1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"python3-magic","binary_version":"1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3686-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2018-10360"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"}}},{"package":{"name":"file","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1:5.32-1","1:5.32-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"file","binary_version":"1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libmagic-mgc","binary_version":"1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libmagic1","binary_version":"1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3686-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2018-10360"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}