Out-of-bounds Read Affecting file-debuginfo package, versions <0:5.34-3.37.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-FILEDEBUGINFO-1717003
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed18 Feb 2019

Introduced: 18 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-8906  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 file-debuginfo to version 0:5.34-3.37.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2019-1186.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file-debuginfo package and not the file-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Scores

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