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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3686-2
June 28, 2018

file vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

– Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in file.

Software Description:
– file: Tool to determine file types

Details:

USN-3686-1 fixed a vulnerability in file. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain magic files.
An attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted magic file
to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-8865)

It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF
files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-10360)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
file                            5.09-2ubuntu0.7
libmagic1                       5.09-2ubuntu0.7

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3686-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3686-1
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