Advisories » MGASA-2019-0308

Updated file packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 29 Oct 2019
Modification date: 29 Oct 2019
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 7
CVE: CVE-2019-18218

Description

Updated file packages fix security vulnerability:

A buffer overflow was found in file which may result in denial of service 
or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed CDF
(Composite Document File) file is processed (CVE-2019-18218).
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25615
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4550
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-18218

SRPMS

7/core

• file-5.37-1.2.mga7