[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: file-5.34-12.fc29
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2019-15f5147b27
2019-03-01 02:37:52.893722
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Name : file
Product : Fedora 29
Version : 5.34
Release : 12.fc29
URL : http://www.darwinsys.com/file/
Summary : A utility for determining file types
Description :
The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
type of data contained by the file. File can identify many different
file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and
different graphics formats.
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Update Information:
- CVE-2019-8907 - remote denial of service in do_core_note in readelf.c -
CVE-2019-8905 - stack-based buffer over-read in do_core_note in readelf.c -
CVE-2019-8904 - stack-based buffer over-read in do_bid_note in readelf.c -
CVE-2019-8906 - out-of-bounds read in do_core_note in readelf.c
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ChangeLog:
* Mon Feb 25 2019 Kamil Dudka <kdudka(a)redhat.com> - 5.34-12
- remote denial of service in do_core_note in readelf.c (CVE-2019-8907)
- stack-based buffer over-read in do_core_note in readelf.c (CVE-2019-8905)
- stack-based buffer over-read in do_bid_note in readelf.c (CVE-2019-8904)
- out-of-bounds read in do_core_note in readelf.c (CVE-2019-8906)
* Thu Jan 24 2019 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj(a)redhat.com> - 5.34-9
- Added Linux PowerPC core offsets for Linux + fixed bug #1161911
* Thu Jan 24 2019 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj(a)redhat.com> - 5.34-8
- Fixed bug missidentifying netpbm files (#856092)
* Tue Dec 4 2018 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj(a)redhat.com> - 5.34-7
- Fixed bug misleading qcow2 v2 and v3 files (#1654349)
- Changed bug report URL
* Wed Nov 21 2018 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj(a)redhat.com> - 5.34-6
- Fixed missidentifying locale files bug (#1527398)
* Wed Nov 14 2018 Kamil Dudka <kdudka(a)redhat.com> - 5.34-5
- reintroduce the python2-magic subpackage needed by python2-bugzilla (#1649547)
* Mon Nov 12 2018 Kamil Dudka <kdudka(a)redhat.com> - 5.34-4
- add magic for eBPF objects (#1648667)
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1679189 - CVE-2019-8904 file: stack-based buffer over-read in do_bid_note in
readelf.c [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1679189
[ 2 ] Bug #1679182 - CVE-2019-8905 file: stack-based buffer over-read in do_core_note in
readelf.c [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1679182
[ 3 ] Bug #1679176 - CVE-2019-8906 file: out-of-bounds read in do_core_note in readelf.c
[fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1679176
[ 4 ] Bug #1679139 - CVE-2019-8907 file: do_core_note in readelf.c allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1679139
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-15f5147b27' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
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