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FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file Security Advisory
The FreeBSD Project
Topic: Multiple vulnerabilities in file(1) and libmagic(3)
Category: contrib
Module: file
Announced: 2014-12-10
Affects: All supported versions of FreeBSD.
Credits: Thomas Jarosch of Intra2net AG
Corrected: 2014-12-10 08:26:53 UTC (stable/10, 10.1-STABLE)
2014-12-10 08:35:55 UTC (releng/10.1, 10.1-RELEASE-p1)
2014-12-10 08:36:07 UTC (releng/10.0, 10.0-RELEASE-p13)
2014-12-10 08:31:41 UTC (stable/9, 9.3-STABLE)
2014-12-10 08:36:40 UTC (releng/9.3, 9.3-RELEASE-p6)
2014-12-10 08:36:40 UTC (releng/9.2, 9.2-RELEASE-p16)
2014-12-10 08:36:40 UTC (releng/9.1, 9.1-RELEASE-p23)
2014-12-10 08:31:41 UTC (stable/8, 8.4-STABLE)
2014-12-10 08:36:40 UTC (releng/8.4, 8.4-RELEASE-p20)
CVE Name: CVE-2014-3710, CVE-2014-8116, CVE-2014-8117
For general information regarding FreeBSD Security Advisories,
including descriptions of the fields above, security branches, and the
following sections, please visit <URL:http://security.FreeBSD.org/>.
I. Background
The file(1) utility attempts to classify file system objects based on
filesystem, magic number and language tests.
The libmagic(3) library provides most of the functionality of file(1)
and may be used by other applications.
II. Problem Description
There are a number of denial of service issues in the ELF parser used
by file(1).
III. Impact
An attacker who can cause file(1) or any other applications using the
libmagic(3) library to be run on a maliciously constructed input can
cause the application to crash or consume excessive CPU resources,
resulting in a denial-of-service.
IV. Workaround
No workaround is available, but systems where file(1) and other
libmagic(3)-using applications are never run on untrusted input are not
vulnerable.
V. Solution
Perform one of the following:
1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to a supported FreeBSD stable or
release / security branch (releng) dated after the correction date.
2) To update your vulnerable system via a binary patch:
Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the i386 or amd64
platforms can be updated via the freebsd-update(8) utility:
# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install
3) To update your vulnerable system via a source code patch:
The following patches have been verified to apply to the applicable
FreeBSD release branches.
a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the
detached PGP signature using your PGP utility.
[FreeBSD 10.1]
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-14:28/file-12.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-14:28/file-12.patch.asc
# gpg --verify file-12.patch.asc
[FreeBSD 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 and 10.0]
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-14:28/file-8.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-14:28/file-8.patch.asc
# gpg --verify file-8.patch.asc
[FreeBSD 8.4]
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-14:28/file-7.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-14:28/file-7.patch.asc
# gpg --verify file-7.patch.asc
b) Apply the patch. Execute the following commands as root:
# cd /usr/src
# patch < /path/to/patch
c) Recompile the operating system using buildworld and installworld as
described in <URL:http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/makeworld.html>.
Restart all deamons using the library, or reboot the system.
VI. Correction details
The following list contains the correction revision numbers for each
affected branch.
Branch/path Revision
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stable/8/ r275669
releng/8.4/ r275672
stable/9/ r275669
releng/9.1/ r275672
releng/9.2/ r275672
releng/9.3/ r275672
stable/10/ r275668
releng/10.0/ r275671
releng/10.1/ r275670
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
To see which files were modified by a particular revision, run the
following command, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number, on a
machine with Subversion installed:
# svn diff -cNNNNNN --summarize svn://svn.freebsd.org/base
Or visit the following URL, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number:
<URL:http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=NNNNNN>
VII. References
<URL:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3710>
<URL:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8116>
<URL:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8117>
The latest revision of this advisory is available at
<URL:http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc>
