GLSA-201209-14 : file: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62343

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201209-14 (file: Denial of Service)

 Multiple out-of-bounds read errors and invalid pointer dereference errors have been found in cdf.c.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Composite Document File (CDF) using file, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All file users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/file-5.11'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62343

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201209-14.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 9/27/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:file, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1571

BID: 52225

GLSA: 201209-14