USN-2494-1

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USN-2494-1

Summary: file vulnerabilities

Details: Francisco Alonso discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3710) Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8116) Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly limited recursion. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8117)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2494-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3710, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8116, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8117