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Posted on 09 September 2014
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3021-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Luciano Bello
September 09, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : file
CVE ID : CVE-2014-0207 CVE-2014-0237 CVE-2014-0238 CVE-2014-3478
CVE-2014-3479 CVE-2014-3480 CVE-2014-3487 CVE-2014-3538
CVE-2014-3587
Multiple security issues have been found in file, a tool to determine
a file type. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to cause a
denial of service, via resource consumption or application crash.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.11-2+deb7u4.
For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version file 1:5.19-2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version file 1:5.19-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your file packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
