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Debian: DSA-3021-1 Critical: file Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey September 9, 2014
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Ubuntu's advisory USN-3505-1 outlines several security patches for the network manager, tackling local privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
Multiple security issues have been found in file, a tool to determine a file type
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security advisory denial of service Debian application crash resource consumption file

Summary

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.

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



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Package: file
CVE ID: CVE-2014-0207 CVE-2014-0237 CVE-2014-0238 CVE-2014-3478

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security advisory denial of service Debian application crash resource consumption file

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