Mageia 7: MGASA-2019-0308 Critical: CDF File Buffer Overflow
mageia
October 29, 2019
Updated file packages fix security vulnerability: A buffer overflow was found in file which may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a ma...
Summary
Updated file packages fix security vulnerability:
A buffer overflow was found in file which may result in denial of service
or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed CDF
(Composite Document File) file is processed (CVE-2019-18218).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25615
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2019/msg00202.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18218
Resolution
SRPMS
- 7/core/file-5.37-1.2.mga7
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Publication date: 29 Oct 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0308.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-18218
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