MGASA-2014-0092

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0092.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0092.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2014-0092
Related
Published
2014-02-22T19:10:59Z
Modified
2014-02-22T19:10:30Z
Summary
Updated file package fixes security vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that file before 5.17 contains a flaw in the handling of "indirect" magic rules in the libmagic library, which leads to an infinite recursion when trying to determine the file type of certain files (CVE-2014-1943).

Additionally, other well-crafted files might result in long computation times (while using 100% CPU) and overlong results.

The affected packages have been patched to correct these flaws.

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:3 / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/file?distro=mageia-3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.12-8.1.mga3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Mageia:4 / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/file?distro=mageia-4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.16-1.1.mga4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}