Fedora 21 : file-5.22-2.fc21 (2015-2020)

Update to File-5.22. Fixes various CVE bugs. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues...

CVE-2014-9620

The ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes...

CVE-2014-9620

CVE-2014-9620 affects the file utility’s ELF parser (versions 5.08–5.21). A remote attacker can cause a denial of service by supplying an overly long string or large number of notes (through ELF parsing). Public references show affected ecosystems including Ubuntu (USN-3686-1), CentOS/RHEL adviso...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9620

The ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : file (MDVSA-2015:010)

Updated file packages fix security vulnerabilities : Thomas Jarosch of Intra2net AG reported that using the file command on a specially crafted ELF binary could lead to a denial of service due to uncontrolled resource consumption CVE-2014-8116. Thomas Jarosch of Intra2net AG reported that using t...