UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8906

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8906

    Published: 18 Feb 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-8906
    Aliases:
    USN-3911-1

    Summary:

    Details: do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has an out-of-bounds read because memcpy is misused.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8906, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3911-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8906

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: file

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    1:5.32-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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