Ubuntu Security Notice 3686-1 - Alexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled a large number of notes. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Alexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled certain long strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Alexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Various other issues were also addressed.
05ad4392d125c7b662cb1712b5aa9d236d115c9f15d0ec8ebbe0e97a51fde01eRed Hat Security Advisory 2016-0760-01 - The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data the file contains. It can identify many different file types, including Executable and Linkable Format binary files, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats. Security Fix: Multiple flaws were found in the file regular expression rules for detecting various files. A remote attacker could use these flaws to cause file to consume an excessive amount of CPU.
74c1ca1ed93125f94be406547b097bf1860154407ec1d26cb056d56739aed076Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-080 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in php.
c10e025ba97f4a2c50f16a7bf42fdd55255bca05fae063bbdc4d60c7452dc956Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201503-8 - Vulnerabilities in file could allow a context-dependent attack to create a Denial of Service condition. Versions less than 5.22 are affected.
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