Out-of-Bounds Affecting file-libs package, versions <0:5.30-11.34.amzn1
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- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 11 Sep 2017
Introduced: 11 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-1000249 Open this link in a new tabHow 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).
References
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000249
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02