Out-of-bounds Write Affecting file package, versions <1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.67% (80th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-FILE-340292
- published 18 Feb 2019
- disclosed 18 Feb 2019
Introduced: 18 Feb 2019
CVE-2019-8907 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 file to version 1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-8907
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8907
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00044.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-8907
- https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=65
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00053.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-1/