Change logs for file source package in Vivid

  • file (1:5.20-1ubuntu2) vivid; urgency=medium
    
      * SECURITY UPDATE: DoS via insufficient note headers
        - debian/patches/CVE-2014-3710.patch: handle running out of not headers
          in src/readelf.c.
        - CVE-2014-3710
      * SECURITY UPDATE: DoS in ELF parser
        - debian/patches/CVE-2014-8116.patch: limit number of headers and
          capabilities in src/elfclass.h, src/readelf.c.
        - CVE-2014-8116
      * SECURITY UPDATE: DoS via missing recursion limits
        - debian/patches/CVE-2014-8117.patch: lower recursion level and allow
          it to be set from the command line in src/apprentice.c, src/file.c,
          src/file.h, src/file_opts.h, src/funcs.c, src/magic.c,
          src/magic.h.in, src/softmagic.c, add new option to documentation in
          doc/file.man, doc/libmagic.man.
        - CVE-2014-8117
      * SECURITY UPDATE: DoS via long pascal strings
        - debian/patches/pr398-truncate-pascal-strings.patch: correctly
          calculate size in src/softmagic.c.
        - No CVE number
      * debian/libmagic1.symbols: added new symbols
     -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>   Tue, 27 Jan 2015 08:28:35 -0500
  • file (1:5.20-1ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=low
    
      * Merge from Debian unstable.  Remaining changes:
        - Adjust python build dependencies for cross builds.
        - Allow the package to cross-build.
    
    file (1:5.20-1) unstable; urgency=low
    
      * New upstream version 5.20. Addresses:
        - more audio/video formats. Closes: #762561
        - relax dis-detection of Perl scripts as AWK, part of #698569
      * Update the syntax of the Build-Profiles field. Closes: #764218
    
    file (1:5.19-2) unstable; urgency=high
    
      * urgency set to high to address a security problem
      * Cherry-pick upstream commit 0641e56 to fix CVE-2014-3587
     -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden>   Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:02:08 +0100
  • file (1:5.19-1ubuntu1.1) utopic-security; urgency=medium
    
      * SECURITY UPDATE: buffer underflow in CDF file identification
        - debian/patches/CVE-2014-3587.patch: modify src/cdf.c to detect and
          abort on buffer underflows.
        - CVE-2014-3587
     -- Seth Arnold <email address hidden>   Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:29:53 -0700