USN-2369-1

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / file

Package

Name: file
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2

Affected versions

5.*

5.11-2ubuntu4

1:5.*

1:5.14-2ubuntu1

1:5.14-2ubuntu2

1:5.14-2ubuntu3

1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "file",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmagic-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmagic1",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-magic",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-magic",
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-3587"
        }
    ]
}