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50 lines
1.7 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="202003-24">
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<title>file: Heap-based buffer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>A heap-based buffer overflow in file might allow remote attackers
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to execute arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">file</product>
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<announced>2020-03-15</announced>
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<revised count="1">2020-03-15</revised>
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<bug>698610</bug>
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<access>local, 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">5.37-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">5.37-r1</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>It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed files.</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted
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file via libmagic or file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary
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code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service 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-5.37-r1"
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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/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18218">CVE-2019-18218</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-03-15T04:56:34Z">whissi</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-03-15T14:35:19Z">whissi</metadata>
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</glsa>
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