DSA-3196-1 file -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3196-1 file -- security update

Date Reported:

18 Mar 2015

Affected Packages:

file

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-9653.

More information:

Hanno Boeck discovered that file's ELF parser is suspectible to denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 5.11-2+deb7u8.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.22+15-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.22+15-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your file packages.