Medium: file

Issue Overview:

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way the File Information (fileinfo) extension parsed Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) files. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a PHP application using fileinfo via a specially crafted ELF file.

Affected Packages:

file

Issue Correction:
Run yum update file to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    file-debuginfo-5.19-7.24.amzn1.i686  
    file-5.19-7.24.amzn1.i686  
    file-static-5.19-7.24.amzn1.i686  
    file-libs-5.19-7.24.amzn1.i686  
    file-devel-5.19-7.24.amzn1.i686  
  
noarch:  
    python-magic-5.19-7.24.amzn1.noarch  
  
src:  
    file-5.19-7.24.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    file-debuginfo-5.19-7.24.amzn1.x86_64  
    file-devel-5.19-7.24.amzn1.x86_64  
    file-static-5.19-7.24.amzn1.x86_64  
    file-libs-5.19-7.24.amzn1.x86_64  
    file-5.19-7.24.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2014-3710

Mitre: CVE-2014-3710