[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: file-5.22-2.fc21

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-2020
2015-02-14 23:24:30
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Name        : file
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 5.22
Release     : 2.fc21
URL         : http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Summary     : A utility for determining file types
Description :
The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
type of data contained by the file.  File can identify many different
file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and
different graphics formats.

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Update Information:

Update to File-5.22. Fixes various CVE bugs.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Feb 16 2015 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza at redhat.com> - 5.22-2
- remove weak zlib pattern
* Wed Feb  4 2015 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza at redhat.com> - 5.22-1
- update to new version 5.22
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1180642 - CVE-2014-9621 file: limit string printing to 100 chars
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180642
  [ 2 ] Bug #1171580 - CVE-2014-8116 file: multiple denial of service issues (resource consumption)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171580
  [ 3 ] Bug #1174606 - CVE-2014-8117 file: denial of service issue (resource consumption)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174606
  [ 4 ] Bug #1180639 - CVE-2014-9620 file: limit the number of ELF notes processed
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180639
  [ 5 ] Bug #1190116 - CVE-2014-9653 file: malformed elf file causes access to uninitialized memory
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190116
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
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available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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