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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-42">
  <title>file: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in file, the worst of
    which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">file</product>
  <announced>2017-01-17</announced>
  <revised count="01">2017-01-17</revised>
  <bug>526544</bug>
  <bug>538660</bug>
  <bug>539106</bug>
  <bug>579306</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-apps/file" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">5.23</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">5.23</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for
      patterns.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in file. Please review the
      CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to process a
      specially crafted input file, possibly resulting in execution of
      arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service
      condition or have other unspecified impacts.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All file users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-apps/file-5.23"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3710">CVE-2014-3710</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9652">CVE-2014-9652</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9653">CVE-2014-9653</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8865">CVE-2015-8865</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-23T00:36:33Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-17T09:20:27Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>