glsa-201408-08.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!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 29, 2014: 6</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 "&gt;=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="Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:33:10 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>