CVE-2019-8905

Name	CVE-2019-8905
Description	do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10360.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-1698-1
NVD severity	medium
Debian Bugs	922968

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
file (PTS)	stretch (security), stretch	1:5.30-1+deb9u3	vulnerable
	buster, buster (security)	1:5.35-4+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye, sid	1:5.38-5	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
file	source	jessie	1:5.22+15-2+deb8u5		DLA-1698-1
file	source	(unstable)	1:5.35-3			922968

Notes

[stretch] - file <no-dsa> (Minor issue; will be fixed in point release)
https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=63
https://github.com/file/file/commit/d65781527c8134a1202b2649695d48d5701ac60b