metadata/glsa/glsa-201503-08.xml

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