The GNU file utility was updated to version 5.22.

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2014-9621: The ELF parser in file allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service via a long     string. (bsc#913650)

  - CVE-2014-9620: The ELF parser in file allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service via a large     number of notes. (bsc#913651)

  - CVE-2014-9653: readelf.c in file did not consider that     pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the     available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF     file. (bsc#917152)

  - CVE-2014-8116: The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file     allowed 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. (bsc#910253)

  - CVE-2014-8117: softmagic.c in file did not properly     limit recursion, which allowed remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via     unspecified vectors. (bsc#910253)

Version update to file version 5.22

  - add indirect relative for TIFF/Exif

  - restructure elf note printing to avoid repeated messages

  - add note limit, suggested by Alexander Cherepanov

  - Bail out on partial pread()'s (Alexander Cherepanov)

  - Fix incorrect bounds check in file_printable (Alexander     Cherepanov)

  - PR/405: ignore SIGPIPE from uncompress programs

  - change printable -> file_printable and use it in more     places for safety

  - in ELF, instead of '(uses dynamic libraries)' when     PT_INTERP is present print the interpreter name.

Version update to file version 5.21

  - there was an incorrect free in magic_load_buffers()

  - there was an out of bounds read for some pascal strings

  - there was a memory leak in magic lists

  - don't interpret strings printed from files using the     current locale, convert them to ascii format first.

  - there was an out of bounds read in elf note reads

Update to file version 5.20

  - recognize encrypted CDF documents

  - add magic_load_buffers from Brooks Davis

  - add thumbs.db support

Additional non-security bug fixes :

  - Fixed a memory corruption during rpmbuild (bsc#1063269)

  - Backport of a fix for an increased printable string     length as found in file 5.30 (bsc#996511)

  - file command throws 'Composite Document File V2     Document, corrupt: Can't read SSAT' error against excel     97/2003 file format. (bsc#1009966)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in php :

It was discovered that the file utility contains a flaw in the handling of indirect magic rules in the libmagic library, which leads to an infinite recursion when trying to determine the file type of certain files (CVE-2014-1943).

A flaw was found in the way the file utility determined the type of Portable Executable (PE) format files, the executable format used on Windows. A malicious PE file could cause the file utility to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code (CVE-2014-2270).

The BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands in file before 5.15 uses multiple wildcards with unlimited repetitions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted ASCII file that triggers a large amount of backtracking, as demonstrated via a file with many newline characters (CVE-2013-7345).

PHP FPM in PHP versions before 5.4.28 and 5.5.12 uses a UNIX domain socket with world-writable permissions by default, which allows any local user to connect to it and execute PHP scripts as the apache user (CVE-2014-0185).

A flaw was found in the way file's Composite Document Files (CDF) format parser handle CDF files with many summary info entries. The cdf_unpack_summary_info() function unnecessarily repeatedly read the info from the same offset. This led to many file_printf() calls in cdf_file_property_info(), which caused file to use an excessive amount of CPU time when parsing a specially crafted CDF file (CVE-2014-0237).

A flaw was found in the way file parsed property information from Composite Document Files (CDF) files. A property entry with 0 elements triggers an infinite loop (CVE-2014-0238).

The unserialize() function in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5.5.14 has a Type Confusion issue related to the SPL ArrayObject and SPLObjectStorage Types (CVE-2014-3515).

It was discovered that PHP is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the DNS TXT record parsing. A malicious server or man-in-the-middle attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the PHP interpreter if a PHP application uses dns_get_record() to perform a DNS query (CVE-2014-4049).

A flaw was found in the way file parsed property information from Composite Document Files (CDF) files, where the mconvert() function did not correctly compute the truncated pascal string size (CVE-2014-3478).

Multiple flaws were found in the way file parsed property information from Composite Document Files (CDF) files, due to insufficient boundary checks on buffers (CVE-2014-0207, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480, CVE-2014-3487).

The phpinfo() function in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5.5.14 has a Type Confusion issue that can cause it to leak arbitrary process memory (CVE-2014-4721).

Use-after-free vulnerability in ext/spl/spl_array.c in the SPL component in PHP through 5.5.14 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted ArrayIterator usage within applications in certain web-hosting environments (CVE-2014-4698).

Use-after-free vulnerability in ext/spl/spl_dllist.c in the SPL component in PHP through 5.5.14 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted iterator usage within applications in certain web-hosting environments (CVE-2014-4670).

file before 5.19 does not properly restrict the amount of data read during a regex search, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted file that triggers backtracking during processing of an awk rule, due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7345 (CVE-2014-3538).

Integer overflow in the cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c in file through 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.32 and 5.5.x before 5.5.16, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted CDF file. NOTE:
this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571 (CVE-2014-3587).

Multiple buffer overflows in the php_parserr function in ext/standard/dns.c in PHP before 5.4.32 and 5.5.x before 5.5.16 allow remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS record, related to the dns_get_record function and the dn_expand function. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049 (CVE-2014-3597).

An integer overflow flaw in PHP's unserialize() function was reported.
If unserialize() were used on untrusted data, this issue could lead to a crash or potentially information disclosure (CVE-2014-3669).

A heap corruption issue was reported in PHP's exif_thumbnail() function. A specially crafted JPEG image could cause the PHP interpreter to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code (CVE-2014-3670).

If client-supplied input was passed to PHP's cURL client as a URL to download, it could return local files from the server due to improper handling of null bytes (PHP#68089).

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in file's donote() function in the way the file utility determined the note headers of a elf file.
This could possibly lead to file executable crash (CVE-2014-3710).

A use-after-free flaw was found in PHP unserialize(). An untrusted input could cause PHP interpreter to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when processed using unserialize() (CVE-2014-8142).

Double free vulnerability in the zend_ts_hash_graceful_destroy function in zend_ts_hash.c in the Zend Engine in PHP before 5.5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors (CVE-2014-9425).

sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in the CGI component in PHP before 5.5.21, when mmap is used to read a .php file, does not properly consider the mapping's length during processing of an invalid file that begins with a # character and lacks a newline character, which causes an out-of-bounds read and might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from php-cgi process memory by leveraging the ability to upload a .php file or trigger unexpected code execution if a valid PHP script is present in memory locations adjacent to the mapping (CVE-2014-9427).

Use after free vulnerability in unserialize() in PHP before 5.5.21 (CVE-2015-0231).

Free called on an uninitialized pointer in php-exif in PHP before 5.5.21 (CVE-2015-0232).

The readelf.c source file has been removed from PHP's bundled copy of file's libmagic, eliminating exposure to denial of service issues in ELF file parsing such as CVE-2014-8116, CVE-2014-8117, CVE-2014-9620 and CVE-2014-9621 in PHP's fileinfo module.

S. Paraschoudis discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory in the enchant binding. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2014-9705).

Taoguang Chen discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing objects. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2015-0273).

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled memory in the phar extension. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2015-2301).

Use-after-free vulnerability in the process_nested_data function in ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted unserialize call that leverages improper handling of duplicate numerical keys within the serialized properties of an object. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8142 (CVE-2015-0231).

The exif_process_unicode function in ext/exif/exif.c in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer free and application crash) via crafted EXIF data in a JPEG image (CVE-2015-0232).

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way libzip, which is embedded in PHP, processed certain ZIP archives. If an attacker were able to supply a specially crafted ZIP archive to an application using libzip, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code (CVE-2015-2331).

It was discovered that the PHP opcache component incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2015-1351).

It was discovered that the PHP PostgreSQL database extension incorrectly handled certain pointers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2015-1352).

PHP contains a bundled copy of the file utility's libmagic library, so it was vulnerable to the libmagic issues.

The updated php packages have been patched and upgraded to the 5.5.23 version which is not vulnerable to these issues. The libzip packages has been patched to address the CVE-2015-2331 flaw.

A bug in the php zip extension that could cause a crash has been fixed (mga#13820)

Additionally the jsonc and timezonedb packages has been upgraded to the latest versions and the PECL packages which requires so has been rebuilt for php-5.5.23.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201503-08 (file: Denial of Service)

    Multiple issues with the ELF parser used by the file utility have been       detected and fixed.
  Impact :

    A context-dependent attacker can cause Denial of Service.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Update to File-5.22. Fixes various CVE bugs.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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)

Updated file packages fix security vulnerabilities :

Thomas Jarosch of Intra2net AG reported that using the file command on a specially crafted ELF binary could lead to a denial of service due to uncontrolled resource consumption (CVE-2014-8116).

Thomas Jarosch of Intra2net AG reported that using the file command on a specially crafted ELF binary could lead to a denial of service due to uncontrolled recursion (CVE-2014-8117).

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 in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string (CVE-2014-9621).

The updated file packages has been upgraded to the latest 5.22 version which is not vulnerable to these issues.

The Docker images provided with SUSE CaaS Platform 2.0 have been updated to include the following updates: binutils :

  - Update to version 2.29

  - 18750 bsc#1030296 CVE-2014-9939

  - 20891 bsc#1030585 CVE-2017-7225

  - 20892 bsc#1030588 CVE-2017-7224

  - 20898 bsc#1030589 CVE-2017-7223

  - 20905 bsc#1030584 CVE-2017-7226

  - 20908 bsc#1031644 CVE-2017-7299

  - 20909 bsc#1031656 CVE-2017-7300

  - 20921 bsc#1031595 CVE-2017-7302

  - 20922 bsc#1031593 CVE-2017-7303

  - 20924 bsc#1031638 CVE-2017-7301

  - 20931 bsc#1031590 CVE-2017-7304

  - 21135 bsc#1030298 CVE-2017-7209

  - 21137 bsc#1029909 CVE-2017-6965

  - 21139 bsc#1029908 CVE-2017-6966

  - 21156 bsc#1029907 CVE-2017-6969

  - 21157 bsc#1030297 CVE-2017-7210

  - 21409 bsc#1037052 CVE-2017-8392

  - 21412 bsc#1037057 CVE-2017-8393

  - 21414 bsc#1037061 CVE-2017-8394

  - 21432 bsc#1037066 CVE-2017-8396

  - 21440 bsc#1037273 CVE-2017-8421

  - 21580 bsc#1044891 CVE-2017-9746

  - 21581 bsc#1044897 CVE-2017-9747

  - 21582 bsc#1044901 CVE-2017-9748

  - 21587 bsc#1044909 CVE-2017-9750

  - 21594 bsc#1044925 CVE-2017-9755

  - 21595 bsc#1044927 CVE-2017-9756

  - 21787 bsc#1052518 CVE-2017-12448

  - 21813 bsc#1052503, CVE-2017-12456, bsc#1052507,     CVE-2017-12454, bsc#1052509, CVE-2017-12453,     bsc#1052511, CVE-2017-12452, bsc#1052514,     CVE-2017-12450, bsc#1052503, CVE-2017-12456,     bsc#1052507, CVE-2017-12454, bsc#1052509,     CVE-2017-12453, bsc#1052511, CVE-2017-12452,     bsc#1052514, CVE-2017-12450

  - 21933 bsc#1053347 CVE-2017-12799

  - 21990 bsc#1058480 CVE-2017-14333

  - 22018 bsc#1056312 CVE-2017-13757

  - 22047 bsc#1057144 CVE-2017-14129

  - 22058 bsc#1057149 CVE-2017-14130

  - 22059 bsc#1057139 CVE-2017-14128

  - 22113 bsc#1059050 CVE-2017-14529

  - 22148 bsc#1060599 CVE-2017-14745

  - 22163 bsc#1061241 CVE-2017-14974

  - 22170 bsc#1060621 CVE-2017-14729

  - Make compressed debug section handling explicit, disable     for old products and enable for gas on all architectures     otherwise. [bsc#1029995]

  - Remove empty rpath component removal optimization from     to workaround CMake rpath handling. [bsc#1025282]

  - Fix alignment frags for aarch64 (bsc#1003846) coreutils :

  - Fix df(1) to no longer interact with excluded file     system types, so for example specifying -x nfs no longer     hangs with problematic nfs mounts. (bsc#1026567)

  - Ensure df -l no longer interacts with dummy file system     types, so for example no longer hangs with problematic     NFS mounted via system.automount(5). (bsc#1043059)

  - Significantly speed up df(1) for huge mount lists.
    (bsc#965780) file :

  - update to version 5.22.

  - CVE-2014-9621: The ELF parser in file allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service via a long     string. (bsc#913650)

  - CVE-2014-9620: The ELF parser in file allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service via a large     number of notes. (bsc#913651)

  - CVE-2014-9653: readelf.c in file did not consider that     pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the     available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF     file. (bsc#917152)

  - CVE-2014-8116: The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file     allowed 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. (bsc#910253)

  - CVE-2014-8117: softmagic.c in file did not properly     limit recursion, which allowed remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via     unspecified vectors. (bsc#910253)

  - Fixed a memory corruption during rpmbuild (bsc#1063269)

  - Backport of a fix for an increased printable string     length as found in file 5.30 (bsc#996511)

  - file command throws 'Composite Document File V2     Document, corrupt: Can't read SSAT' error against excel     97/2003 file format. (bsc#1009966) gcc7 :

  - Support for specific IBM Power9 processor instructions.

  - Support for specific IBM zSeries z14 processor     instructions.

  - New packages cross-npvtx-gcc7 and nvptx-tools added to     the Toolchain Module for specific NVIDIA Card offload     support. gzip :

  - fix mishandling of leading zeros in the end-of-block     code (bsc#1067891) libsolv :

  - Many fixes and improvements for cleandeps.

  - Always create dup rules for 'distupgrade' jobs.

  - Use recommends also for ordering packages.

  - Fix splitprovides handling with addalreadyrecommended     turned off. (bsc#1059065)

  - Expose solver_get_recommendations() in bindings.

  - Fix bug in solver_prune_to_highest_prio_per_name     resulting in bad output from     solver_get_recommendations().

  - Support 'without' and 'unless' dependencies.

  - Use same heuristic as upstream to determine source RPMs.

  - Fix memory leak in bindings.

  - Add pool_best_solvables() function.

  - Fix 64bit integer parsing from RPM headers.

  - Enable bzip2 and xz/lzma compression support.

  - Enable complex/rich dependencies on distributions with     RPM 4.13+. libtool :

  - Add missing dependencies and provides to baselibs.conf     to make sure libltdl libraries are properly installed.
    (bsc#1056381) libzypp :

  - Fix media handling in presence of a repo path prefix.
    (bsc#1062561)

  - Fix RepoProvideFile ignoring a repo path prefix.
    (bsc#1062561)

  - Remove unused legacy notify-message script.
    (bsc#1058783)

  - Support multiple product licenses in repomd.
    (fate#322276)

  - Propagate 'rpm --import' errors. (bsc#1057188)

  - Fix typos in zypp.conf. openssl :

  - CVE-2017-3735: openssl1,openssl: Malformed X.509     IPAdressFamily could cause OOB read (bsc#1056058)

  - CVE-2017-3736: openssl: bn_sqrx8x_internal carry bug on     x86_64 (bsc#1066242)

  - Out of bounds read+crash in DES_fcrypt (bsc#1065363)

  - openssl DEFAULT_SUSE cipher list is missing ECDHE-ECDSA     ciphers (bsc#1055825) perl: Security issues for perl :

  - CVE-2017-12837: Heap-based buffer overflow in the     S_regatom function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before     5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     write) via a regular expression with a escape and the     case-insensitive modifier. (bnc#1057724)

  - CVE-2017-12883: Buffer overflow in the S_grok_bslash_N     function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and     5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to     disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of     service (application crash) via a crafted regular     expression with an invalid escape. (bnc#1057721)

  - CVE-2017-6512: Race condition in the rmtree and     remove_tree functions in the File-Path module before     2.13 for Perl allows attackers to set the mode on     arbitrary files via vectors involving     directory-permission loosening logic. (bnc#1047178) Bug     fixes for perl :

  - backport set_capture_string changes from upstream     (bsc#999735)

  - reformat baselibs.conf as source validator workaround     systemd :

  - unit: When JobTimeoutSec= is turned off, implicitly turn     off JobRunningTimeoutSec= too. (bsc#1048605,     bsc#1004995)

  - compat-rules: Generate compat by-id symlinks with 'nvme'     prefix missing and warn users that have broken symlinks.
    (bsc#1063249)

  - compat-rules: Allow to specify the generation number     through the kernel command line.

  - scsi_id: Fixup prefix for pre-SPC inquiry reply.
    (bsc#1039099)

  - tmpfiles: Remove old ICE and X11 sockets at boot.

  - tmpfiles: Silently ignore any path that passes through     autofs. (bsc#1045472)

  - pam_logind: Skip leading /dev/ from PAM_TTY field before     passing it on.

  - shared/machine-pool: Fix another mkfs.btrfs checking.
    (bsc#1053595)

  - shutdown: Fix incorrect fscanf() result check.

  - shutdown: Don't remount,ro network filesystems.
    (bsc#1035386)

  - shutdown: Don't be fooled when detaching DM devices with     BTRFS. (bsc#1055641)

  - bash-completion: Add support for --now. (bsc#1053137)

  - Add convert-lib-udev-path.sh script to convert /lib/udev     directory into a symlink pointing to /usr/lib/udev when     upgrading from SLE11. (bsc#1050152)

  - Add a rule to teach hotplug to offline containers     transparently. (bsc#1040800) timezone :

  - Northern Cyprus switches from +03 to +02/+03 on     2017-10-29

  - Fiji ends DST 2018-01-14, not 2018-01-21

  - Namibia switches from +01/+02 to +02 on 2018-04-01

  - Sudan switches from +03 to +02 on 2017-11-01

  - Tonga likely switches from +13/+14 to +13 on 2017-11-05

  - Turks and Caicos switches from -04 to -05/-04 on     2018-11-04

  - Corrections to past DST transitions

  - Move oversized Canada/East-Saskatchewan to 'backward'     file

  - zic(8) and the reference runtime now reject multiple     leap seconds within 28 days of each other, or leap     seconds before the Epoch. util-linux :

  - Allow unmounting of filesystems without calling stat()     on the mount point, when '-c' is used. (bsc#1040968)

  - Fix an infinite loop, a crash and report the correct     minimum and maximum frequencies in lscpu for some     processors. (bsc#1055446)

  - Fix a lscpu failure on Sydney Amazon EC2 region.
    (bsc#1066500)

  - If multiple subvolumes are mounted, report the default     subvolume. (bsc#1039276) velum :

  - Fix logout issue on DEX download page * page doesn't     exist (bsc#1066611)

  - Handle invalid sessions more user friendly

  - Fix undesired minimum nodes alert blink (bsc#1066371)     wicked :

  - A regression in wicked was causing the hostname not to     be set correctly via DHCP in some cases     (bsc#1057007,bsc#1050258)

  - Configure the interface MTU correctly even in cases     where the interface was up already (bsc#1059292)

  - Don't abort the process that adds configures routes if     one route fails (bsc#1036619)

  - Handle DHCP4 user-class ids properly (bsc#1045522)

  - ethtool: handle channels parameters (bsc#1043883) zypper :

  - Locale: Fix possible segmentation fault. (bsc#1064999)

  - Add summary hint if product is better updated by a     different command. This is mainly used by rolling     distributions like openSUSE Tumbleweed to remind their     users to use 'zypper dup' to update (not zypper up or     patch). (bsc#1061384)

  - Unify '(add|modify)(repo|service)' property related     arguments.

  - Fixed 'add' commands supporting to set only a subset of     properties.

  - Introduced '-f/-F' as preferred short option for
    --[no-]refresh in all four commands. (bsc#661410,     bsc#1053671)

  - Fix missing package names in installation report.
    (bsc#1058695)

  - Differ between unsupported and packages with unknown     support status. (bsc#1057634)

  - Return error code '107' if an RPM's %post configuration     script fails, but only if ZYPPER_ON_CODE12_RETURN_107=1     is set in the environment. (bsc#1047233)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3686-1 advisory.

    Alexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled a large number of notes. An attacker could     use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9620)

    Alexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled certain long strings. An attacker could use     this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9621)

    Alexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF files. An attacker     could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9653)

    It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain magic files. An attacker could use this issue with     a specially crafted magic file to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8865)

    It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF files. An attacker could use this     issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-10360)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The GNU file utility was updated to version 5.22. Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2014-9621: The ELF parser in file allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service via a long     string. (bsc#913650)

  - CVE-2014-9620: The ELF parser in file allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service via a large     number of notes. (bsc#913651)

  - CVE-2014-9653: readelf.c in file did not consider that     pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the     available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF     file. (bsc#917152)

  - CVE-2014-8116: The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file     allowed 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. (bsc#910253)

  - CVE-2014-8117: softmagic.c in file did not properly     limit recursion, which allowed remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via     unspecified vectors. (bsc#910253) Version update to file     version 5.22

  - add indirect relative for TIFF/Exif

  - restructure elf note printing to avoid repeated messages

  - add note limit, suggested by Alexander Cherepanov

  - Bail out on partial pread()'s (Alexander Cherepanov)

  - Fix incorrect bounds check in file_printable (Alexander     Cherepanov)

  - PR/405: ignore SIGPIPE from uncompress programs

  - change printable -> file_printable and use it in more     places for safety

  - in ELF, instead of '(uses dynamic libraries)' when     PT_INTERP is present print the interpreter name. Version     update to file version 5.21

  - there was an incorrect free in magic_load_buffers()

  - there was an out of bounds read for some pascal strings

  - there was a memory leak in magic lists

  - don't interpret strings printed from files using the     current locale, convert them to ascii format first.

  - there was an out of bounds read in elf note reads Update     to file version 5.20

  - recognize encrypted CDF documents

  - add magic_load_buffers from Brooks Davis

  - add thumbs.db support

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
104764	openSUSE Security Update : file (openSUSE-2017-1298)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/27/2017	1/19/2021	high
82333	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : php (MDVSA-2015:080)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	3/30/2015	1/14/2021	high
82007	GLSA-201503-08 : file: Denial of Service	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	3/24/2015	1/11/2021	medium
81394	Fedora 21 : file-5.22-2.fc21 (2015-2020)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	2/18/2015	1/11/2021	high
82046	Amazon Linux AMI : file (ALAS-2015-497)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	3/25/2015	4/18/2018	high
80429	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : file (MDVSA-2015:010)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	1/9/2015	1/6/2021	medium
106092	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : CaaS Platform 2.0 images (SUSE-SU-2018:0053-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/17/2018	1/28/2021	critical
110552	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : file vulnerabilities (USN-3686-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	6/15/2018	8/27/2024	high
104777	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : file (SUSE-SU-2017:3048-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/27/2017	1/6/2021	high

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