[Secure-testing-team] Bug#768806: file: CVE-2014-3710: denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: file
Version: 5.11-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for file.

CVE-2014-3710[0]:
out-of-bounds read in elf note headers

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3710
[1] https://github.com/file/file/commit/39c7ac1106be844a5296d3eb5971946cc09ffda0
[2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155071 

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore