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gentooGentoo FoundationGLSA-201503-08
HistoryMar 16, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

file: Denial of service

2015-03-1600:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
16

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%

Background

The file utility attempts to identify a file’s format by scanning binary data for patterns.

Description

Multiple issues with the ELF parser used by the file utility have been detected and fixed.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker can cause Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All file users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/file-5.22"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallsys-apps/file< 5.22UNKNOWN

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%