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Ubuntu: USN-3911-1 (CVE-2019-8907): file vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3911-1 (CVE-2019-8907): file vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/18/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/01/2019
Modified
11/07/2024

Description

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Solution(s)

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

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