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F5 Networks: K16875 (CVE-2012-1571): file vulnerability CVE-2012-1571

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F5 Networks: K16875 (CVE-2012-1571): file vulnerability CVE-2012-1571

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/17/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/16/2017
Modified
10/13/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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