MGASA-2019-0118

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    MGASA-2019-0118

    Published: 29 Mar 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated file packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: The updated file packages fix security vulnerabilities: do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10360. (CVE-2019-8905) do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2019-8907)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0118.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24498, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/4JG7FM7W3R4C4P5R4PFNBYEGTQHASG2O/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/5DKJLTXLQCKG4GQNC5JUDGVGAJAJJ2K3/, https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2019-March/005176.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-1/, https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2019-03/msg00076.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: file

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/file?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.25-5.2.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High