<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201806-08"> <title>file: Denial of service</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in file could lead to a Denial of Service condition. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">file</product> <announced>2018-06-23</announced> <revised count="1">2018-06-23</revised> <bug>657930</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="sys-apps/file" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">5.33-r2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">5.33-r2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for patterns. </p> </background> <description> <p>File does not properly utilize the do_core_note function in readelf.c in libmagic.a. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted ELF file possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. </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-5.33-r2" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10360">CVE-2018-10360</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-06-23T00:28:49Z">b-man</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-06-23T21:38:00Z">Zlogene</metadata> </glsa>