Ubuntu Update for file vulnerability USN-439-1

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Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-439-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Jean-Sebastien Guay-Leroux discovered that &quot file&quot did not correctly check the size of allocated heap memory. If a user were tricked into examining a specially crafted file with the &quot file&quot utility, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Affected
file vulnerability on Ubuntu 5.10 , Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 6.10
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
High Severity
Classification
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