zlogene 14/03/13 16:37:34 Added: glsa-201403-03.xml Log: GLSA 201403-03
Revision Changes Path 1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201403-03.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201403-03.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201403-03.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain Index: glsa-201403-03.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="201403-03"> <title>file: Denial of Service</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in file could result in Denial of Service.</synopsis> <product type="ebuild">file</product> <announced>March 13, 2014</announced> <revised>March 13, 2014: 1</revised> <bug>501574</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="sys-apps/file" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">5.17</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">5.17</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for patterns. </p> </background> <description> <p>A flaw was found in the way the file utility determines the type of a file. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote 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-5.17" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1943";>CVE-2014-1943</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 22 Feb 2014 08:49:09 +0000">Zlogene</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:36:21 +0000"> pinkbyte </metadata> </glsa>
