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
Multiple security issues have been found in file, a tool to determine
a file type. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to cause a
denial of service, via resource consumption or application crash.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.11-2+deb7u4.
For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version file 1:5.19-2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version file 1:5.19-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your file packages.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
file | eq | 5.11-2+deb7u2 | |
file | eq | 5.11-2+deb7u3 | |
file | eq | 5.11-2+deb7u1 | |
file | eq | 5.11-2 |