Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120525
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-304)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'file' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-304 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'file' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-304 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Fine Free file before 5.17 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, CPU consumption, and crash) via a crafted indirect offset value in the magic of a file. Affected Software/OS: 'file' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1943 Debian Security Information: DSA-2861 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2861 Debian Security Information: DSA-2868 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2868 http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001330.html http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001334.html http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001337.html http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001327.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1765 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0364 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00034.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0367 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00037.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2126-1
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