Change logs for file source package in Xenial

  • file (1:5.25-2ubuntu1.4) xenial-security; urgency=medium
    
      * SECURITY REGRESSION: truncated interpreter name (LP: #1835596)
        - debian/patches/CVE-2019-8905_8907.patch: updated to use correct
          length in src/readelf.c.
    
     -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Tue, 12 May 2020 09:33:55 -0400
  • file (1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3) xenial-security; urgency=medium
    
      * SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overflow via CDF_VECTOR elements
        - debian/patches/CVE-2019-18218.patch: limit the number of elements in
          a vector in src/cdf.*.
        - CVE-2019-18218
    
     -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:51:38 -0400
  • file (1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2) xenial-security; urgency=medium
    
      * SECURITY UPDATE: overflows in do_core_note
        - debian/patches/CVE-2019-8905_8907.patch: limit size of file_printable
          in src/file.h, src/funcs.c, src/readelf.c, src/softmagic.c.
        - CVE-2019-8905
        - CVE-2019-8907
    
     -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:49:55 -0400
  • file (1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1) xenial-security; urgency=medium
    
      * SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds read via crafted ELF file
        - debian/patches/CVE-2018-10360.patch: add bounds check to
          src/readelf.c.
        - CVE-2018-10360
    
     -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Wed, 13 Jun 2018 13:11:41 -0400
  • file (1:5.25-2ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium
    
      * Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
        - Adjust python build dependencies for cross builds.
        - Allow the package to cross-build.
    
    file (1:5.25-2) unstable; urgency=medium
    
      * Fix --mime-encoding. Closes: #799690
    
    file (1:5.25-1) unstable; urgency=low
    
      * New upstream version 5.25
      * Import important commits post 5.25 release:
        - PR/479: check the format length modifiers, protect against
          0-divide and offset out of bounds reads
        - print annotations
      * Disable detection of VAX COFF executables. Closes: #697846
    
    file (1:5.24-2) unstable; urgency=medium
    
      * Fix handling of file's --parameter option. Closes: #798410
      * Fix strength of Python script detection. Closes: #698569, #798796
    
    file (1:5.24-1) unstable; urgency=low
    
      * New upstream version 5.24. Addresses:
        - mistakes some PDFs, Closes: #520098
        - '#!' should have a bigger strength, Closes: #698569
      * Update build dependencies:
        - dh-python
        - Recent dpkg-dev version for minimal restriction formula support
    
     -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:44:40 -0500
  • file (1:5.22+15-2ubuntu1) wily; urgency=medium
    
      * Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
        - Adjust python build dependencies for cross builds.
        - Allow the package to cross-build.
      * Dropped patches included in new version:
        - debian/patches/CVE-2014-3710.patch
        - debian/patches/CVE-2014-8116.patch
        - debian/patches/CVE-2014-8117.patch
        - debian/patches/pr398-truncate-pascal-strings.patch
    
    file (1:5.22+15-2) unstable; urgency=medium
    
      * Restore detection of some jpeg files. Closes: #780095
    
    file (1:5.22+15-1) unstable; urgency=high
    
      * Use upstream commit FILE5_22-11-ge452600 to include yet another
        security fix (PR/411).
    
    file (1:5.22+2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
    
      * New upstream version. Closes: #774219
      * Use upstream commit FILE5_22-2-g9f0601f to include all recent
        fixes.
    
    file (1:5.21+15-1) unstable; urgency=high
    
      * Fixes a security issue, urgency set to high
      * New upstream version 5.21
        - Limit number of elf program and sections processing
        - Reduce the number of recursion levels
          Closes: #773148 (CVE-2014-8116, CVE-2014-8117)
      * Use upstream commit FILE5_21-15-ge7e96a9 to include all recent
        fixes.
    
    file (1:5.20-2) unstable; urgency=high
    
      * Fixes a security issue, urgency set to high
      * Cherry-pick upstream commit FILE5_20-5-g39c7ac1:
        Fix note bounds reading, Francisco Alonso / Red Hat (CVE-2014-3710).
        Closes: #768806
    
     -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Thu, 21 May 2015 08:33:43 -0400