[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: file-5.14-15.fc20

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-2739
2014-02-20 00:08:38
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Name        : file
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 5.14
Release     : 15.fc20
URL         : http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Summary     : A utility for determining file types
Description :
The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
type of data contained by the file.  File can identify many different
file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and
different graphics formats.

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Update Information:

Fix for CVE-2014-1943.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Feb 18 2014 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza at redhat.com> - 5.14-15
- fix #1065837 - fix for CVE-2014-1943
* Wed Jan 15 2014 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza at redhat.com> - 5.14-14
- fix #1051598 - reverse the order of shebang vs. package keyword detection
  in Perl by increasing strength of all Perl patterns
* Mon Sep  9 2013 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza at redhat.com> - 5.14-13
- fix #1001689 - fix segfault when calling magic_load twice
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1065836 - CVE-2014-1943 file: infinite recursion
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065836
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