5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.959 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.4%
The file utility attempts to identify a file’s format by scanning binary data for patterns.
Multiple issues with the ELF parser used by the file utility have been detected and fixed.
A context-dependent attacker can cause Denial of Service.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All file users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/file-5.22"
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gentoo | any | all | sys-apps/file | < 5.22 | UNKNOWN |