Out-of-bounds Write Affecting file-libs package, versions <0:5.34-3.37.amzn1
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed18 Feb 2019
Introduced: 18 Feb 2019
CVE-2019-8907 (opens in a new tab)How 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8907
- https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=65
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00044.html
- 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/