Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-010 - Thomas Jarosch of Intra2net AG reported that using the file command on a specially-crafted ELF binary could lead to a denial of service due to uncontrolled resource consumption. Thomas Jarosch of Intra2net AG reported that using the file command on a specially-crafted ELF binary could lead to a denial of service due to uncontrolled recursion. The updated file packages has been upgraded to the latest 5.22 version which is not vulnerable to these issues.
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