CVE-2014-0237 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via performance degradation in the PHP Fileinfo component by triggering excessive file_printf calls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-0237?
CVE-2014-0237 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The cdf_unpack_summary_info function in cdf.c in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.29 and 5.5.x before 5.5.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (performance degradation) by triggering many file_printf calls.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0237?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0237?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-0237 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0237 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0237, GHSA-9f63-6gmg-2983, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0237.