From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Dec 06 2004 - 08:20:45 CST

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TITLE:
file Unspecified ELF Header Parsing Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13376

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13376/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Unknown

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
file 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/4360/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability with an unknown impact has been reported in file.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the
ELF header parsing code.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.12.
ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
First reported in a Trustix advisory.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0063/

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