file could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain CDF documents. A attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service.
3 October 2014
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
file could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain CDF documents. A attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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