gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201701-42.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-42">
<title>file: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
<synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in file, the worst of
which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">file</product>
<announced>2017-01-17</announced>
<revised count="01">2017-01-17</revised>
<bug>526544</bug>
<bug>538660</bug>
<bug>539106</bug>
<bug>579306</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="sys-apps/file" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">5.23</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">5.23</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for
patterns.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in file. Please review the
CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to process a
specially crafted input file, possibly resulting in execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service
condition or have other unspecified impacts.
</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-5.23"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3710">CVE-2014-3710</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9652">CVE-2014-9652</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9653">CVE-2014-9653</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8865">CVE-2015-8865</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-23T00:36:33Z">whissi</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-17T09:20:27Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>