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.
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Gentoo 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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