SB2012071801 - Buffer overflow in file
Published: July 18, 2012 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012071801
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1571)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
file before 5.11 and libmagic allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Composite Document File (CDF) file that triggers (1) an out-of-bounds read or (2) an invalid pointer dereference.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b