GLSA-200704-13 : File: Denial of Service

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200704-13 File: Denial of Service Conor Edberg discovered an error in the way file processes a specific regular expression. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, using excessive CPU...

File: Denial of service

Background file is a utility that identifies a file format by scanning binary data for patterns. Description Conor Edberg discovered an error in the way file processes a specific regular expression. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, using excessive CPU...

file: Integer underflow

Background file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for patterns. Description Jean-Sebastien Guay-Leroux reported an integer underflow in fileprintf function. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to run the "file" program on a specially crafted file that would...