Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2494-1
4th February, 2015
file vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
file could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- file
– Tool to determine file types
Details
Francisco Alonso discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF
files. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to crash, resulting
in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3710)
Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF files.
An attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting
in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8116)
Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly limited recursion. An
attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in
a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8117)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.10:
-
file
1:5.19-1ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
file
1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
file
5.09-2ubuntu0.6
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
-
file
5.03-5ubuntu1.5
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.