MGASA-2014-0123

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    MGASA-2014-0123

    Published: 7 Mar 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-2270

    Summary: Updated file packages fix CVE-2014-2270

    Details: Updated file packages fix security vulnerability: A flaw was found in the way the file utility determined the type of Portable Executable (PE) format files, the executable format used on Windows. A malicious PE file could cause the file utility to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code (CVE-2014-2270). A memory leak in file has also been fixed.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0123.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072220, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/05/7, https://github.com/file/file/commit/c0c0032b9e9eb57b91fefef905a3b018bab492d9, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12944

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: file

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.12-8.2.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High