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1.9 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200704-13">
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<title>File: Denial of Service</title>
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<synopsis>
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A vulnerability has been discovered in file allowing for a denial of
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service.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">file</product>
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<announced>April 17, 2007</announced>
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<revised>September 17, 2007: 02</revised>
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<bug>174217</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="sys-apps/file" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">4.21-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="eq">4.21</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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file is a utility that identifies a file format by scanning binary data
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for patterns.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Conor Edberg discovered an error in the way file processes a specific
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regular expression.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file,
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using excessive CPU ressources and possibly leading to a Denial of
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Service. Note that this vulnerability could be also triggered through
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an automatic file scanner like amavisd-new.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All file users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/file-4.20-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2026">CVE-2007-2026</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:06:47 +0000">
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aetius
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:54:28 +0000">
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vorlon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:18:04 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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