49 lines
1.7 KiB
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49 lines
1.7 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="201209-14">
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<title>file: Denial of Service</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in file could result in Denial of Service.</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">file</product>
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<announced>September 26, 2012</announced>
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<revised>September 26, 2012: 1</revised>
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<bug>427368</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">5.11</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">5.11</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for
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patterns.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>Multiple out-of-bounds read errors and invalid pointer dereference
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errors have been found in cdf.c.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
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Composite Document File (CDF) using file, possibly resulting in a Denial
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of Service condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All file users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/file-5.11"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1571">CVE-2012-1571</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:44:09 +0000">ackle</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:11:29 +0000">ackle</metadata>
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</glsa>
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