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Added: glsa-201408-08.xml |
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Log: |
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GLSA 201408-08 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-08.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-08.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-08.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-201408-08.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="201408-08"> |
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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>August 26, 2014</announced> |
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<revised>August 26, 2014: 1</revised> |
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<bug>505534</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">5.15</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">5.15</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>BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in |
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magic/Magdir/commands uses multiple wildcards with unlimited repetitions. |
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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 could entice a user to open a specially |
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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-5.15" |
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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-2013-7345">CVE-2013-7345</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 06 Jul 2014 21:48:15 +0000"> |
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BlueKnight |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:21:35 +0000">Zlogene</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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