Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2015-497
Advisory Release Date: 2015-03-23 08:32 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2015-03-23 09:02 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
The ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes. (CVE-2014-9620)
The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a large number of (1) program or (2) section headers or (3) invalid capabilities. (CVE-2014-8116)
It was reported that a malformed elf file can cause file urility to access invalid memory. (CVE-2014-9653)
The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string. (CVE-2014-9621)
softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2014-8117)
Affected Packages:
file
Issue Correction:
Run yum update file to update your system.
i686:
file-debuginfo-5.22-2.29.amzn1.i686
file-devel-5.22-2.29.amzn1.i686
file-libs-5.22-2.29.amzn1.i686
file-static-5.22-2.29.amzn1.i686
file-5.22-2.29.amzn1.i686
noarch:
python26-magic-5.22-2.29.amzn1.noarch
python27-magic-5.22-2.29.amzn1.noarch
src:
file-5.22-2.29.amzn1.src
x86_64:
file-devel-5.22-2.29.amzn1.x86_64
file-debuginfo-5.22-2.29.amzn1.x86_64
file-5.22-2.29.amzn1.x86_64
file-libs-5.22-2.29.amzn1.x86_64
file-static-5.22-2.29.amzn1.x86_64