[SECURITY] [DSA 3196-1] file security update

Debian Security Advisory DSA-3196-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
March 18, 2015 http://www.debian.org/security/faq

Package : file
CVE ID : CVE-2014-9653

Hanno Boeck discovered that file's ELF parser is suspectible to denial
of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.11-2+deb7u8.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been
fixed in version 1:5.22+15-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:5.22+15-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your file packages.

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