Updated file packages has been released for Fedora Linux 30 to address a heap-based buffer overflow in cdf_read_property_info()
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2019-97dcb2762a
2019-11-03 00:10:34.338463
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Name : file
Product : Fedora 30
Version : 5.36
Release : 5.fc30
URL : http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Summary : A utility for determining file types
Description :
The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data contained by the file. File can identify many different file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats.
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Update Information:
- fix heap-based buffer overflow in cdf_read_property_info() (CVE-2019-18218)
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ChangeLog:
* Fri Oct 25 2019 Kamil Dudka - 5.36-5
- fix heap-based buffer overflow in cdf_read_property_info() (CVE-2019-18218)
* Fri Aug 30 2019 Kamil Dudka - 5.36-4
- avoid running librpm's exit handler in a forked process (#1705320) * Tue Jun 11 2019 Kamil Dudka - 5.36-3
- fix double free on read error (#1685217)
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1765273 - CVE-2019-18218 file: heap-based buffer overflow in cdf_read_property_info in cdf.c [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1765273 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-97dcb2762a' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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