USN-4172-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4172-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4172-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4172-1
Related
Published
2019-10-30T13:49:35.863465Z
Modified
2019-10-30T13:49:35.863465Z
Summary
file vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed 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@1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3

Affected versions

1:5.*

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "file": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "python-magic": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "python3-magic": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "libmagic1": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "file-dbg": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "libmagic-dev-dbgsym": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "libmagic-dev": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "libmagic1-dbgsym": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "file-dbgsym": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3?arch=src?distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

1:5.*

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "file-dbgsym": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3",
            "libmagic1-dbgsym": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3",
            "file": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3",
            "libmagic-dev": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3",
            "libmagic1": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3",
            "libmagic-mgc": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3"
        }
    ]
}