Buffer overflow in file - CVE-2012-1571

CSH
CYBERSECURITY HELP
Sign In REGISTER
 
Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU32802

Buffer overflow in file - CVE-2012-1571

Published: July 18, 2012 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32802
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1571
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

file
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Ubuntu
file (Alpine package)
libmagic1 (Ubuntu package)
file (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2012-1571

Install update from vendor's website.

file - update to 5.11
file (Alpine package) - update to 5.11-r0
libmagic1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.03-5ubuntu1.1, 5.09-2ubuntu0.2, 5.11-2ubuntu0.1, 5.11-2ubuntu4.1
file (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.03-5ubuntu1.1, 5.09-2ubuntu0.2, 5.11-2ubuntu0.1, 5.11-2ubuntu4.1

External References

Related Security Bulletins