USN-3686-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3686-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3686-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3686-1
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Published
2018-06-14T12:37:10.048176Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:40Z
Summary
file vulnerabilities
Details

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled a large number of notes. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9620)

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that file incorrectly handled certain long strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9621)

Alexander Cherepanov 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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9653)

It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain magic files. An attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted magic file to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8865)

It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-10360)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4

Affected versions

5.*

5.11-2ubuntu4

1:5.*

1:5.14-2ubuntu1
1:5.14-2ubuntu2
1:5.14-2ubuntu3
1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1
1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2
1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "file"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "libmagic-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "libmagic1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "python-magic"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4",
            "binary_name": "python3-magic"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-9620"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-9621"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-9653"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-8865"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2018-10360"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1:5.*

1:5.22+15-2ubuntu1
1:5.25-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "file"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libmagic-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libmagic1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "python-magic"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-magic"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2018-10360"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1:5.*

1:5.32-1
1:5.32-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "file"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libmagic-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libmagic-mgc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libmagic1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2018-10360"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}