Debian DSA-3121-1 : file - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80420

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple security issues have been found in file, a tool/library to determine a file type. Processing a malformed file could result in denial of service. Most of the changes are related to parsing ELF files.

As part of the fixes, several limits on aspects of the detection were added or tightened, sometimes resulting in messages like 'recursion limit exceeded' or 'too many program header sections'.

To mitigate such shortcomings, these limits are controllable by a new
- -P, --parameter option in the file program.

Solution

Upgrade the file packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 5.11-2+deb7u7.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems will be fixed soon.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80420

File Name: debian_DSA-3121.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/9/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:file, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8116, CVE-2014-8117, CVE-2014-9620

BID: 71692, 71700

DSA: 3121

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