A vulnerability in file could result in Denial of Service.
Package | sys-apps/file on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 5.15 |
Unaffected versions | >= 5.15 |
file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for patterns.
BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands uses multiple wildcards with unlimited repetitions.
A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All file users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/file-5.15"
Release date
August 26, 2014
Latest revision
August 29, 2014: 6
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local, remote
Bugzilla entries