| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'file' package(s) announced via the DLA-27-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
Fix various denial of service attacks:
CVE-2014-3487
The cdf_read_property_info function does not properly validate a stream offset, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted CDF file.
CVE-2014-3480
The cdf_count_chain function in cdf.c in does not properly validate sector-count data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted CDF file.
CVE-2014-3479
The cdf_check_stream_offset function in cdf.c relies on incorrect sector-size data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted stream offset in a CDF file.
CVE-2014-3478
Buffer overflow in the mconvert function in softmagic.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Pascal string in a FILE_PSTRING conversion.
CVE-2014-0238
The cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds memory access) via a vector that (1) has zero length or (2) is too long.
CVE-2014-0237
The cdf_unpack_summary_info function in cdf.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (performance degradation) by triggering many file_printf calls.
CVE-2014-0207
The cdf_read_short_sector function in cdf.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted CDF file.
For Debian 6 Squeeze, these issues have been fixed in file version 5.04-5+squeeze6
Affected Software/OS:
'file' package(s) on Debian 6.
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
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