Security update for file
SUSE Security Update: Security update for file
The command line tool file(1) and its library libmagic have been updated
to fix the following issues:
* file(1) crashed when parsing some PE executables. (CVE-2014-2270,
bnc#866750)
* file(1) did not set return code on non-existing files. (bnc#863450)
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2014-2270
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:0670-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #863450 #866750 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.
Description:
The command line tool file(1) and its library libmagic have been updated
to fix the following issues:
* file(1) crashed when parsing some PE executables. (CVE-2014-2270,
bnc#866750)
* file(1) did not set return code on non-existing files. (bnc#863450)
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2014-2270
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-file-9066 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-file-9066 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-file-9066 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-file-9066
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- file-devel-4.24-43.25.1
- python-magic-4.24-43.25.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- file-4.24-43.25.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
- file-32bit-4.24-43.25.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- file-4.24-43.25.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- file-32bit-4.24-43.25.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
- file-x86-4.24-43.25.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- file-4.24-43.25.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- file-32bit-4.24-43.25.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2270.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/863450
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/866750
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=16680a2740712d01132abedf7369f241