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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2019.0860.2 USN-3911-1: file vulnerabilities 14 May 2020 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: file Publisher: Ubuntu Operating System: Ubuntu Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2019-8907 CVE-2019-8906 CVE-2019-8905 CVE-2019-8904 Reference: ESB-2019.0738 ESB-2019.0626 Original Bulletin: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-2/ Comment: This bulletin contains two (2) Ubuntu security advisories. Revision History: May 14 2020: Vendor released update advising to a file regression March 19 2019: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- USN-3911-1: file vulnerabilities 18 March 2019 file vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: o Ubuntu 18.10 o Ubuntu 18.04 LTS o Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in file. Software Description o file - Tool to determine file types Details It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10 file - 1:5.34-2ubuntu0.1 libmagic1 - 1:5.34-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS file - 1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2 libmagic1 - 1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS file - 1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2 libmagic1 - 1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https:// wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades . In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References o CVE-2019-8904 o CVE-2019-8905 o CVE-2019-8906 o CVE-2019-8907 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ USN-3911-2: file regression 13 May 2020 file regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: o Ubuntu 18.04 LTS o Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary USN-3911-1 introduced a regression in file. Software Description o file - Tool to determine file types Details USN-3911-1 fixed vulnerabilities in file. One of the backported security fixes introduced a regression that caused the interpreter string to be truncated. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS file - 1:5.32-2ubuntu0.4 libmagic1 - 1:5.32-2ubuntu0.4 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS file - 1:5.25-2ubuntu1.4 libmagic1 - 1:5.25-2ubuntu1.4 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https:// wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades . In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. 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