<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <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 ">=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>