glsa-202409-06.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202409-06">
    <title>file: Stack Buffer Overread</title>
    <synopsis>A vulnerability has been discovered in file, which could lead to a denial of service.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">file</product>
    <announced>2024-09-22</announced>
    <revised count="1">2024-09-22</revised>
    <bug>918554</bug>
    <access>remote</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="sys-apps/file" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">5.42</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">5.42</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>The file utility attempts to identify a file’s format by scanning binary data for patterns.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in file. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="normal">
        <p>File has an stack-based buffer over-read in file_copystr in funcs.c.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All file users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/file-5.42"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48554">CVE-2022-48554</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2024-09-22T06:04:59.257322Z">graaff</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2024-09-22T06:04:59.260356Z">graaff</metadata>
</glsa>