CVE-2017-1000249

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-1000249
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-11 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-08 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application File Project File 5.29 All All All
Application File Project File 5.29 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Extend build-id reporting to 8-byte IDs that lld can generate (Ed Maste) · file/file@9611f31 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3965-1 file DEBIAN www.debian.org
file: Stack-based buffer overflow (GLSA 201710-02) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Fix always true condition (Thomas Jarosch) · file/file@35c94dc · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710346 Gentoo Linux file Stack-based buffer overflow Vulnerability (GLSA 201710-02)
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