file: Denial of service

file: Denial of service A vulnerability in file could result in Denial of Service. file 2012-09-26 2012-09-26 427368 remote 5.11 5.11

file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for patterns.

Multiple out-of-bounds read errors and invalid pointer dereference errors have been found in cdf.c.

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Composite Document File (CDF) using 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-5.11"

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