[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: file-5.37-8.fc31
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2019-554c3c691f
2019-11-02 02:27:04.293908
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Name : file
Product : Fedora 31
Version : 5.37
Release : 8.fc31
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:
- fix heap-based buffer overflow in cdf_read_property_info() (CVE-2019-18218)
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ChangeLog:
* Fri Oct 25 2019 Kamil Dudka <kdudka(a)redhat.com> - 5.37-8
- fix heap-based buffer overflow in cdf_read_property_info() (CVE-2019-18218)
* Mon Oct 14 2019 Kamil Dudka <kdudka(a)redhat.com> - 5.37-7
- remove the python2-magic subpackage on f32+ (#1761223)
* Fri Oct 4 2019 Kamil Dudka <kdudka(a)redhat.com> - 5.37-6
- always install python2-setuptools if python2 is enabled
* Thu Oct 3 2019 Miro Hron��ok <mhroncok(a)redhat.com> - 5.37-5
- Rebuilt for Python 3.8.0rc1 (#1748018)
* Fri Aug 16 2019 Miro Hron��ok <mhroncok(a)redhat.com> - 5.37-4
- Rebuilt for Python 3.8
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1765273 - CVE-2019-18218 file: heap-based buffer overflow in
cdf_read_property_info in cdf.c [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1765273
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-554c3c691f' 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
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