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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201806-08">
+ <title>file: Denial of service</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in file could lead to a Denial of Service
+ condition.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">file</product>
+ <announced>2018-06-23</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2018-06-23</revised>
+ <bug>657930</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="sys-apps/file" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">5.33-r2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">5.33-r2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for
+ patterns.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>File does not properly utilize the do_core_note function in readelf.c in
+ libmagic.a.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted ELF file possibly
+ resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All file users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-apps/file-5.33-r2"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10360">CVE-2018-10360</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-06-23T00:28:49Z">b-man</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-06-23T21:38:00Z">Zlogene</metadata>
+</glsa>