USN-4172-1 fixed a vulnerability in file. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
{
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "file",
"binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libmagic-dev",
"binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libmagic1",
"binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "python-magic",
"binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "python3-magic",
"binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1"
}
],
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}