Out-of-bounds Read Affecting file package, versions <1:5.35-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-FILE-520130
  • published18 Feb 2019
  • disclosed18 Feb 2019

Introduced: 18 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-8904  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 file to version 1:5.35-3 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:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

do_bid_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printf and file_vprintf.