MGASA-2014-0092

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    MGASA-2014-0092

    Published: 22 Feb 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-1943

    Summary: Updated file package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that file before 5.17 contains a flaw in the handling of "indirect" magic rules in the libmagic library, which leads to an infinite recursion when trying to determine the file type of certain files (CVE-2014-1943). Additionally, other well-crafted files might result in long computation times (while using 100% CPU) and overlong results. The affected packages have been patched to correct these flaws.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0092.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12807, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2861

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: file

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/file?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.12-8.1.mga3

    Affected versions

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