Out-of-Bounds Affecting file package, versions <5.11-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-FILE-301096
- published 17 Jul 2012
- disclosed 17 Jul 2012
Introduced: 17 Jul 2012
CVE-2012-1571 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 file to version 5.11-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
file before 5.11 and libmagic allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Composite Document File (CDF) file that triggers (1) an out-of-bounds read or (2) an invalid pointer dereference.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1571
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-1571
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
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