MGASA-2019-0118 - Updated file packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 29 Mar 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0118.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2019-8905,
     CVE-2019-8907

The updated file packages fix security vulnerabilities:

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based
buffer over-read, related to file_printable, a different vulnerability
than CVE-2018-10360. (CVE-2019-8905)

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application
crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2019-8907)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24498
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/4JG7FM7W3R4C4P5R4PFNBYEGTQHASG2O/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/5DKJLTXLQCKG4GQNC5JUDGVGAJAJJ2K3/
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2019-March/005176.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3911-1
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8905
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8907

SRPMS:
- 6/core/file-5.25-5.2.mga6