1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. LINUX.DEBIAN.ANNOUNCE.SEC

  • [SECURITY] [DSA 2873-1] file security update

    From Salvatore Bonaccorso@1:229/2 to All on Tue Mar 11 22:20:02 2014
    From: [email protected]

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
    Hash: SHA512

    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2873-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
    March 11, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package : file
    Vulnerability : several
    CVE ID : CVE-2014-2270
    Debian Bug : 703993

    Several vulnerabilities have been found in file, a file type
    classification tool.

    Aaron Reffett reported a flaw in the way the file utility determined the
    type of Portable Executable (PE) format files, the executable format
    used on Windows. When processing a defective or intentionally prepared
    PE executable which contains invalid offset information, the
    file_strncmp routine will access memory that is out of bounds, causing
    file to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project ID CVE-2014-2270 has been assigned to identify this flaw.

    Mike Frysinger reported that file's rule for detecting AWK scripts significantly slows down file. The regular expression to detect AWK
    files contained two star operators, which could be exploited to cause
    excessive backtracking in the regex engine.

    For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed
    in version 5.04-5+squeeze4.

    For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
    version 5.11-2+deb7u2.

    For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:5.17-1.

    For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
    version 1:5.17-1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your file packages.

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
    these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
    found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: [email protected]
    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
    Version: GnuPG v1

    iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJTH3t1AAoJEAVMuPMTQ89EmTYP/Ak8+mTumYv3xlNXhvUstsBN IAFXKVn9fDQj7zpLgnoZwW5qAVCCg6leh4C5f2lCRgIVuuPBkmfSOeUjnIY6Vg/S HvuEUXoVhJ/HWCGu5u+t7KrggtH6yUIgWIN8CM++Ufivid2W1V8AFuqgwuSmbudf Yc35lq5AUy4VHuk2kDhYzUvlUf2UCjEQe43FAIe1CzyjiSXiKWIszkPo6TZjOxIf 372ZnjrY7f+aPsW4B6qkytPgYVnmym08urs8yzGH0RQF3Nmx/hk7xaR5xkdsKQ+z 868H3jQZxJUf6YxCb7U58aeVEKwDHRo+u6W3TxwRTyaNreQCK32KJODw7/AQsASP c5A4Sr77Tl+IXDx+zkECFQWt35qJtBL1IIyhGNbVelr8EgpsrhHMnv0iWEKhmweM Sf3czFYd/r23s24HGFosQkYcx6VicvvRodqFLjNZS9vCqe3e7HJ6wBygDjjk2vw1 UXOz46op1g3b0MoSEI4ihuXn7xzhb523VPePZbAOyn8bH89zagWm6V1nQ6jsLQ2A m/NctoEbUYXXHd09ur7BSUVEE/196rsutH39e+Ms7tzoRBgUBaXPuzcyzYgngz/G BZ3dLz8JLuK2nTW9h0pL+NGexNO50o/wKs0I9ON+QTL6m4Md7Ff1dDowUOdBWpDd 1MZF2p4X9YDoBVTtek+n
    =Wumm
    -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


    --
    To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected]
    with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)