USN-2278-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2278-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2278-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2278-1

Related

Published

2014-07-15T17:43:43.487183Z

Modified

2014-07-15T17:43:43.487183Z

Summary

file vulnerabilities

Details

Mike Frysinger discovered that the file awk script detector used multiple wildcard with unlimited repetitions. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-7345)

Francisco Alonso discovered that file incorrectly handled certain CDF documents. A attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0207, CVE-2014-3478, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480, CVE-2014-3487)

Jan Kaluža discovered that file did not properly restrict the amount of data read during regex searches. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3538)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / file

Package

Name: file
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/file?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.11-2ubuntu4

1:5.*

1:5.14-2ubuntu1

1:5.14-2ubuntu2

1:5.14-2ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "file"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "file-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libmagic-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "libmagic1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "python-magic"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-magic"
        }
    ]
}