CVE-2019-8905

Published: 18 February 2019

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.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 4.4

Status

Package	Release	Status
file Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2)
	cosmic	Released (1:5.34-2ubuntu0.1)
	precise	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	upstream	Released (1:5.35-3)
	xenial	Released (1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2)

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8905
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3911-1
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Bugs

https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=63
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=922968

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