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Gentoo: GLSA-201408-08 Normal: file Denial of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey August 29, 2014
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Explore the potential Denial of Service (DoS) weakness in Gentoo's file command tool and discover methods to enhance your system's security.
A vulnerability in file could result in Denial of Service.

Summary

BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands uses multiple wildcards with unlimited repetitions.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo file utility Denial of Service normal severity

Resolution

All file users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">= sys-apps/file-5.15"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-7345 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7345

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-08
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: file: Denial of Service
Date: August 26, 2014
Bugs: #505534
ID: 201408-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo file utility Denial of Service normal severity

Synopsis

A vulnerability in file could result in Denial of Service.

Background

file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for patterns.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-apps/file < 5.15 >= 5.15

Impact

===== A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.