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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="201503-08">
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<title>file: Denial of Service</title>
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<synopsis>Vulnerabilities in file could allow a context-dependent attack to
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create a Denial of Service condition.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">file,Dos</product>
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<announced>March 16, 2015</announced>
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<revised>March 16, 2015: 1</revised>
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<bug>503582</bug>
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<bug>532768</bug>
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<access>local, 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">5.22</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">5.22</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>The file utility attempts to identify a file’s format by scanning
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binary data for patterns.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>Multiple issues with the ELF parser used by the file utility have been
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detected and fixed.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A context-dependent attacker can cause Denial of Service.</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-5.22"
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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-2014-2270">CVE-2014-2270</uri>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9620">CVE-2014-9620</uri>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9621">CVE-2014-9621</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 18 Jan 2015 02:25:52 +0000">
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BlueKnight
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:34:27 +0000">K_F</metadata>
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</glsa>
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