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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201806-08">
<title>file: Denial of service</title>
<synopsis>A vulnerability in file could lead to a Denial of Service
condition.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">file</product>
<announced>2018-06-23</announced>
<revised count="1">2018-06-23</revised>
<bug>657930</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="sys-apps/file" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">5.33-r2</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">5.33-r2</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for
patterns.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>File does not properly utilize the do_core_note function in readelf.c in
libmagic.a.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted ELF file possibly
resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All file users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-apps/file-5.33-r2"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10360">CVE-2018-10360</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-06-23T00:28:49Z">b-man</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-06-23T21:38:00Z">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>