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1.8 KiB
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53 lines
1.8 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201710-02">
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<title>file: Stack-based buffer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>A stack-based buffer overflow was found in file, possibly resulting
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in the execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">file</product>
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<announced>2017-10-08</announced>
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<revised count="1">2017-10-08</revised>
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<bug>629872</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="sys-apps/file" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">5.32</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">5.32</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for
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patterns.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>An issue discovered in file allows attackers to write 20 bytes to the
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stack buffer via a specially crafted .notes section.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker, by using a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF
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binary, could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service
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condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All file users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/file-5.32"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-1000249">
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CVE-2017-1000249
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</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-09-29T23:38:45Z">chrisadr</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-10-08T13:26:24Z">chrisadr</metadata>
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</glsa>
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