Security update for file

SUSE Security Update: Security update for file
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1473-1
Rating: moderate
References: #902367
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    file was updated to fix one security issue.

    * An out-of-bounds read flaw file's donote() function. This could
    possibly lead to file executable crash (CVE-2014-3710).

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2014-3710

    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-9982
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-file-9982
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-file-9982
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-file-9982

    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-4.24-43.27.1
      • python-magic-4.24-43.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • file-4.24-43.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
      • file-32bit-4.24-43.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • file-4.24-43.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • file-32bit-4.24-43.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
      • file-x86-4.24-43.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • file-4.24-43.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
      • file-32bit-4.24-43.27.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3710.html
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902367
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b86426298bc3070eb200ec58c3e31b8a