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Ubuntu: USN-3911-2: file regression

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Ubuntu: USN-3911-2: file regression

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/13/2020
Created
06/27/2020
Added
06/25/2020
Modified
08/05/2020

Description

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.

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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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-file
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libmagic1

References

  • USN-3911-1
  • USN-3911-2

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