Bug 1679188 (CVE-2019-8904) - CVE-2019-8904 file: stack-based buffer over-read in do_bid_note in readelf.c
Summary: CVE-2019-8904 file: stack-based buffer over-read in do_bid_note in readelf.c
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2019-8904
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1679189
Blocks: 1679141
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Reported: 2019-02-20 14:53 UTC by msiddiqu
Modified: 2020-03-09 22:31 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-03-09 22:31:45 UTC
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Description msiddiqu 2019-02-20 14:53:37 UTC 
do_bid_note in readelf.c in libmagic in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printf and file_vprintf.

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/file/file/commit/94b7501f48e134e77716e7ebefc73d6bbe72ba55

References:
https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=62
Comment 1 msiddiqu 2019-02-20 14:53:50 UTC 
Created file tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1679189]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-03-09 22:31:45 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-2019-8904
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