Out-of-bounds Read Affecting file-libs package, versions <0:5.34-3.37.amzn1
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EPSS
0.06% (28th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-FILELIBS-1717197
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 18 Feb 2019
Introduced: 18 Feb 2019
CVE-2019-8906 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 file-libs 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-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.
do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has an out-of-bounds read because memcpy is misused.
References
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209599
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209601
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209602
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8906
- https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=64
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/2858eaf99f6cc5aae129bcbf1e24ad160240185f
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00053.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-1/
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