USN-3911-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3911-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3911-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3911-1
Upstream
  • UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8904
Related
Published
2019-03-18T12:50:20.170243Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:32:45.616413Z
Summary
file vulnerabilities
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / file

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:5.*

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

Ecosystem specific 

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

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / file

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:5.*

1:5.32-1
1:5.32-2
1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

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