CVE-2014-1943 file: infinite recursion
Issue
- A flaw was found in the way the file utility determined the type of a file. A malicious input file could cause the file utility to use 100% CPU, or trigger infinite recursion, causing the file utility to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- 6.5
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