Bug 2235714 (CVE-2022-48554)

Summary:	CVE-2022-48554 file: stack-based buffer over-read in file_copystr in funcs.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vipul Nair <vinair>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	agarcial, aoconnor, asegurap, bdettelb, caswilli, desktop-qa-list, fjansen, jburrell, jsherril, kaycoth, kdudka, tcarlin, tkasparek, vmihalko
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	file 5.42	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in file, a program used to identify a particular file according to the type of data contained by the file. This issue occurs when processing a specially crafted file, causing a stack-based buffer over-read, resulting in an application crash.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2235715, 2235718, 2235719
Bug Blocks:	2235716

Description Vipul Nair 2023-08-29 14:08:58 UTC

File before 5.43 has an stack-based buffer over-read in file_copystr in funcs.c. NOTE: "File" is the name of an Open Source project.

Reference:
https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=310

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/file/file/commit/497aabb29cd08d2a5aeb63e45798d65fcbe03502

Comment 1 Vipul Nair 2023-08-29 14:09:17 UTC

Created file tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2235715]

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-30 11:01:52 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:2512 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2512