Your submission was sent successfully! Close

You have successfully unsubscribed! Close

Thank you for signing up for our newsletter!
In these regular emails you will find the latest updates about Ubuntu and upcoming events where you can meet our team.Close

CVE-2019-8904

Published: 18 February 2019

do_bid_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printf and file_vprintf.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
file
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (1:5.35-3)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
cosmic
Released (1:5.34-2ubuntu0.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/file/file/commit/94b7501f48e134e77716e7ebefc73d6bbe72ba55

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H