[USN-2369-1] file vulnerability

[Seth Arnold]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2369-1
October 03, 2014

file vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

file could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- file: Tool to determine file types

Details:

It was 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.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  file                            1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  file                            5.09-2ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  file                            5.03-5ubuntu1.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2369-1
  CVE-2014-3587

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file/1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file/5.09-2ubuntu0.5
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file/5.03-5ubuntu1.4

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