DSA-3021-1 file -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3021-1 file -- security update

Date Reported:

09 Sep 2014

Affected Packages:

file

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-0207, CVE-2014-0237, CVE-2014-0238, CVE-2014-3478, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480, CVE-2014-3487, CVE-2014-3538, CVE-2014-3587.

More information:

Multiple security issues have been found in file, a tool to determine a file type. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, via resource consumption or application crash.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 5.11-2+deb7u4.

For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version file 1:5.19-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version file 1:5.19-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your file packages.