Medium: file

Issue Overview:

The ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes. (CVE-2014-9620)

The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a large number of (1) program or (2) section headers or (3) invalid capabilities. (CVE-2014-8116)

It was reported that a malformed elf file can cause file urility to access invalid memory. (CVE-2014-9653)

The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string. (CVE-2014-9621)

softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2014-8117)

Affected Packages:

file

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

New Packages:

i686:  
    file-debuginfo-5.22-2.29.amzn1.i686  
    file-devel-5.22-2.29.amzn1.i686  
    file-libs-5.22-2.29.amzn1.i686  
    file-static-5.22-2.29.amzn1.i686  
    file-5.22-2.29.amzn1.i686  
  
noarch:  
    python26-magic-5.22-2.29.amzn1.noarch  
    python27-magic-5.22-2.29.amzn1.noarch  
  
src:  
    file-5.22-2.29.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    file-devel-5.22-2.29.amzn1.x86_64  
    file-debuginfo-5.22-2.29.amzn1.x86_64  
    file-5.22-2.29.amzn1.x86_64  
    file-libs-5.22-2.29.amzn1.x86_64  
    file-static-5.22-2.29.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2014-8116, CVE-2014-8117, CVE-2014-9620, CVE-2014-9621, CVE-2014-9653

Mitre: CVE-2014-8116, CVE-2014-8117, CVE-2014-9620, CVE-2014-9621, CVE-2014-9653