51 lines
1.6 KiB
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51 lines
1.6 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="201403-03">
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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>2014-03-13</announced>
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<revised count="1">2014-03-13</revised>
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<bug>501574</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">5.17</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">5.17</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>A flaw was found in the way the file utility determines the type of a
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file.
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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 file,
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possibly resulting in a Denial 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-5.17"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1943">CVE-2014-1943</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-02-22T08:49:09Z">Zlogene</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-03-13T16:36:21Z">
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pinkbyte
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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