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Revision Changes Path 1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-08.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-08.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-08.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain Index: glsa-201408-08.xml =================================================================== <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd";> <glsa id="201408-08"> <title>file: Denial of Service</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in file could result in Denial of Service. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">file</product> <announced>August 26, 2014</announced> <revised>August 26, 2014: 1</revised> <bug>505534</bug> <access>local, remote</access> <affected> <package name=" sys-apps/file" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">5.15</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">5.15</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for patterns. </p> </background> <description> <p>BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands uses multiple wildcards with unlimited repetitions. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. </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 ">= sys-apps/file-5.15" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7345";>CVE-2013-7345</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 06 Jul 2014 21:48:15 +0000"> BlueKnight </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:21:35 +0000">Zlogene</metadata> </glsa>
