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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: 2021:0678-2 Important: Security Patch for DoS

opensuse
Calendar Grey April 12, 2019
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Address and mitigate four security flaws by deploying this openSUSE update for the file utility. Safeguard system robustness with these important corrections.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

Description

This update for file fixes the following issues:

The following security vulnerabilities were addressed:

- Fixed an out-of-bounds read in the function do_core_note in readelf.c,

which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application

crash) via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1096974 CVE-2018-10360).

- CVE-2019-8905: Fixed a stack-based buffer over-read in do_core_note in

readelf.c (bsc#1126118)

- CVE-2019-8906: Fixed an out-of-bounds read in do_core_note in readelf. c

(bsc#1126119)

- CVE-2019-8907: Fixed a stack corruption in do_core_note in readelf.c

(bsc#1126117)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service application crash openSUSE file application

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1197=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

file-5.22-16.1

file-debuginfo-5.22-16.1

file-debugsource-5.22-16.1

file-devel-5.22-16.1

file-magic-5.22-16.1

libmagic1-5.22-16.1

libmagic1-debuginfo-5.22-16.1

python-magic-5.22-16.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

libmagic1-32bit-5.22-16.1

libmagic1-debuginfo-32bit-5.22-16.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10360.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8905.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8906.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8907.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096974

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096984

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1126117

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1126118

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1126119

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1197-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 le.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service application crash openSUSE file application

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