Debian 7: DSA-3072-1 Critical: DoS Threat from Crafted ELF File
debian
November 12, 2014
Francisco Alonso of Red Hat Product Security found an issue in the file utility: when checking ELF files, note headers are incorrectly checked, thus potentially allowing attackers ...
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Summary
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.11-2+deb7u6.
For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem will be
fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:5.20-2.
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-2014-3710
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