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Ubuntu 16.04: 2016-123 Moderate: Archive Utility Security Patch Update

fedora
Calendar Grey September 9, 2005
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Recent Fedora Core 4 patch resolves issues with the file utility, improving file type detection across multiple formats.
Several bug fixes and new magics.

Summary

The file command is used to identify a file according to the type of

data it contains. File can identify many different file types,

including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and different

graphics formats.

Several bug fixes and new magics.

- upgrade to file-4.15

2669ea28745bbe7a1b33acce87a8ce35 SRPMS/file-4.15-fc4.1.src.rpm

8062ce2cba8e5b445814916b832edaf3 ppc/file-4.15-fc4.1.ppc.rpm

b073766fab42a8c30d58cb050f2b3dd4 ppc/debug/file-debuginfo-4.15-fc4.1.ppc.rpm

c35348b59af3660044648bddf677a08d x86_64/file-4.15-fc4.1.x86_64.rpm

aebd8fd8a9f34b83825d230627b6adce x86_64/debug/file-debuginfo-4.15-fc4.1.x86_64.rpm

3892c1b96a3e299a079ed7918b270b03 i386/file-4.15-fc4.1.i386.rpm

c71cc3b842662a1514439a0cd559fd9d i386/debug/file-debuginfo-4.15-fc4.1.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can

launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.

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Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix moderate severity Fedora Core file utility file identification type threat

Change Log

References

Update Instructions

Name: file
Version: 4.15
Release: fc4.1
Summary: A utility for determining file types.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix moderate severity Fedora Core file utility file identification type threat

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