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Out-of-Bounds Affecting file-libs package, versions <0:5.30-11.34.amzn1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-FILELIBS-1708738
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 11 Sep 2017
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Introduced: 11 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-1000249 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 file-libs to version 0:5.30-11.34.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-900.

NVD Description

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

An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).