<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201403-03"> <title>file: Denial of service</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in file could result in Denial of Service.</synopsis> <product type="ebuild">file</product> <announced>2014-03-13</announced> <revised count="1">2014-03-13</revised> <bug>501574</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="sys-apps/file" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">5.17</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">5.17</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for patterns. </p> </background> <description> <p>A flaw was found in the way the file utility determines the type of a file. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All file users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/file-5.17" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1943">CVE-2014-1943</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-02-22T08:49:09Z">Zlogene</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-03-13T16:36:21Z"> pinkbyte </metadata> </glsa>