Fedora alert FEDORA-2015-2020 (file)
| From: | updates@fedoraproject.org | |
| To: | package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| Subject: | [SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: file-5.22-2.fc21 | |
| Date: | Wed, 18 Feb 2015 05:55:37 +0000 | |
| Message-ID: | <20150218055537.12ECA6048D46@bastion01.phx2.fedoraproject.org> |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-2020 2015-02-14 23:24:30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : file Product : Fedora 21 Version : 5.22 Release : 2.fc21 URL : http://www.darwinsys.com/file/ Summary : A utility for determining file types Description : The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data contained by the file. File can identify many different file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update to File-5.22. Fixes various CVE bugs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Mon Feb 16 2015 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza@redhat.com> - 5.22-2 - remove weak zlib pattern * Wed Feb 4 2015 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza@redhat.com> - 5.22-1 - update to new version 5.22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1180642 - CVE-2014-9621 file: limit string printing to 100 chars https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180642 [ 2 ] Bug #1171580 - CVE-2014-8116 file: multiple denial of service issues (resource consumption) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171580 [ 3 ] Bug #1174606 - CVE-2014-8117 file: denial of service issue (resource consumption) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174606 [ 4 ] Bug #1180639 - CVE-2014-9620 file: limit the number of ELF notes processed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180639 [ 5 ] Bug #1190116 - CVE-2014-9653 file: malformed elf file causes access to uninitialized memory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update file' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-...