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Package "file"

Name: file

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Determines file type using "magic" numbers
Latest version: 5.09-2ubuntu0.8
Release: precise (12.04)
Level: security
Repository: main
Homepage: http://www.darwinsys.com/file/

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Version: 5.09-2ubuntu0.2 2014-02-26 18:07:19 UTC

  file (5.09-2ubuntu0.2) precise-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service via crafted CDF file
    - debian/patches/CVE-2012-1571.patch:
    - CVE-2012-1571
  * SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service via crafted indirect offset value
    - debian/patches/CVE-2013-1943.patch: properly handle recursion in
      src/ascmagic.c, src/file.h, src/funcs.c, src/softmagic.c.
    - CVE-2013-1943
 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:10:03 -0500
CVE-2012-1571 file before 5.11 and libmagic allow remote attackers to cause a denial ...
CVE-2013-1943 The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check ...


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