SUSE-SU-2014:0670-1: Security update for file

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for file
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:0670-1
Rating:             low
References:         #863450 #866750 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-2270
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:


   The command line tool file(1) and its library libmagic have been updated
   to fix the following issues:

   * file(1) crashed when parsing some PE executables. (CVE-2014-2270,
   bnc#866750)
   * file(1) did not set return code on non-existing files. (bnc#863450)

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2014-2270
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2270>


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-file-9066

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-file-9066

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-file-9066

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-file-9066

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      file-devel-4.24-43.25.1
      python-magic-4.24-43.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      file-4.24-43.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):

      file-32bit-4.24-43.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      file-4.24-43.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      file-32bit-4.24-43.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):

      file-x86-4.24-43.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      file-4.24-43.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):

      file-32bit-4.24-43.25.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2270.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/863450
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/866750
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=16680a2740712d01132abedf7369f241