file

Colin Percival discovered an integer overflow in file, a file type
classification tool, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.12-1sarge2.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.17-5etch2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.21-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your file package.