An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade file | Sep 20, 2017 | Sep 11, 2017 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade file | Oct 3, 2017 | Sep 11, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade file | Dec 5, 2017 | Sep 5, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-apps/file. | Oct 30, 2017 | Sep 11, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade file-magicUpgrade file-develUpgrade libmagic1Upgrade fileUpgrade libmagic1-32bit | May 20, 2018 | Sep 11, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libmagic1Upgrade file | Dec 20, 2017 | Sep 7, 2017 |
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