Change logs for file source package in Zesty

  • file (1:5.29-3ubuntu0.1) zesty-security; urgency=medium
    
      * SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overflow when processing elf files
        - debian/patches/CVE-2017-1000249.patch: correct logic of size check
        - CVE-2017-1000249
    
     -- Steve Beattie <email address hidden>  Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:09:08 -0700
  • file (1:5.29-3) unstable; urgency=medium
    
      * Restore full local.support-local-definitions-in-etc-magic patch.
        Closes: #852476
      * Include all upstream commits since the 5.29 release
      * Improve detection of Flash data. Closes: #838860
    
     -- Christoph Biedl <email address hidden>  Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:29:24 +0100
  • file (1:5.29-2) unstable; urgency=medium
    
      * Include all upstream commits since the 5.29 release. Addresses:
        - Detect compiled YARA rules. Closes: #833872
        - Detect old Word for Mac documents. Closes: #842117
      * Disable detection of Algol68 files, way too many false positives
    
     -- Christoph Biedl <email address hidden>  Tue, 13 Dec 2016 16:06:43 +0100
  • file (1:5.29-1) unstable; urgency=medium
    
      * New upstream version 5.28. Addresses (in order of appearance):
        - "no read permission" if read from empty pipe. Closes: #508963
        - Mistakes hungarian text as dos executables. Closes: #641012
        - Does not recognize some GPG key public rings. Closes: #729286
        - Show more information for MySQL files. Closes: #751826
        - Linux kernel version string truncated. Closes: #756949
        - Document file's '-d' option. Closes: #764462
        - Detect JPEG-XR. Closes: #771303
        - Detect Material exchange container format (mxf). Closes: #782744
        - Strengthen detection of Embedded OpenType (EOT). Closes: #784572
        - Mistakes some text as bitmap. Closes: #799352
        - Dectect swp files from nano, vim, and kate. Closes: #803219
        - Mistakes some SVG files as HTML. Closes: #829199
      * Fix FTCBFS: Remove stage1 profile in favour of a proper arch/indep
        split. Thanks Helmut Grohne. Closes: #841030
    
     -- Christoph Biedl <email address hidden>  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 21:09:24 +0200
  • file (1:5.28-2ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium
    
      * Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
        - Adjust python build dependencies for cross builds.
        - Allow the package to cross-build.
    
    file (1:5.28-2) unstable; urgency=high
    
      * Enable full hardening build
      * Cherry-pick commits since 5.28 release:
        - Avoid "can't break line" warnings from lintian
        - Don't copy NULL
        - Avoid double encoding with python3. Closes: #828833
    
    file (1:5.28-1) unstable; urgency=medium
    
      * New upstream version 5.28
    
     -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 09:34:33 -0400