Ubuntu Update for file USN-2278-1

Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Mike Frysinger discovered that the file awk script detector used multiple wildcard with unlimited repetitions. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-7345) Francisco Alonso discovered that file incorrectly handled certain CDF documents. A attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0207, CVE-2014-3478, CVE-2014-3479, CVE-2014-3480, CVE-2014-3487) Jan Kalu&#382 a discovered that file did not properly restrict the amount of data read during regex searches. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3538)
Affected
file on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS , Ubuntu 13.10 , Ubuntu 12.04 LTS , Ubuntu 10.04 LTS