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<glsa id="201412-48">
  <title>file: Denial of service</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in file could allow a context-dependent attack to
    create a Denial of Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">file</product>
  <announced>2014-12-27</announced>
  <revised count="1">2014-12-27</revised>
  <bug>532686</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-apps/file" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">5.21</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">5.21</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>The file utility attempts to identify a file’s format by scanning
      binary data for patterns.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>An issue with the ELF parser used by the file utility can cause a
      resource consumption when reading a  specially-crafted ELF binary.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A context-dependent attacker may be able to cause Denial of Service.</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 "&gt;=sys-apps/file-5.21"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8117">CVE-2014-8117</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-12-26T19:35:05Z">Zlogene</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-12-27T11:11:58Z">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>
