Bug 1679138 (CVE-2019-8907)

Summary:	CVE-2019-8907 file: do_core_note in readelf.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	msiddiqu
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	abhgupta, dbaker, hhorak, jorton, kdudka, rcollet, sthangav, trankin, webstack-team
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Bug Depends On:	1679139
Bug Blocks:	1679141

Description msiddiqu 2019-02-20 12:47:13 UTC

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

References:
https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=65

Comment 1 msiddiqu 2019-02-20 12:47:30 UTC

Created file tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1679139]

Comment 2 msiddiqu 2019-02-21 12:01:13 UTC

Upstream Patch:
https://github.com/file/file/commit/d65781527c8134a1202b2649695d48d5701ac60b

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-03-09 22:31:42 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-8907