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Ubuntu: USN-3911-1 (CVE-2019-8905): file vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3911-1 (CVE-2019-8905): file vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/18/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/01/2019
Modified
12/13/2021

Description

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10360.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-file
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libmagic1

References

  • USN-3911-1
  • CVE-2019-8905

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