Bug 1679175 (CVE-2019-8906)

Summary:	CVE-2019-8906 file: out-of-bounds read in do_core_note in readelf.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	msiddiqu
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	abhgupta, dbaker, hhorak, jorton, kdudka, rcollet, sthangav, trankin
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	file 5.36	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2021-10-27 03:25:30 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1679176, 1811771
Bug Blocks:	1679141

Description msiddiqu 2019-02-20 14:21:40 UTC

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic in file 5.35 has an out-of-bounds read because memcpy is misused.

Upstream commit:
https://github.com/file/file/commit/2858eaf99f6cc5aae129bcbf1e24ad160240185f

Comment 1 msiddiqu 2019-02-20 14:21:54 UTC

Created file tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1679176]

Comment 2 msiddiqu 2019-02-20 14:24:51 UTC

References:
https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=64