Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1370
Advisory Release Date: 2019-12-13 18:55 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-12-18 01:04 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
cdf_read_property_info in cdf.c in file through 5.37 does not restrict the number of CDF_VECTOR elements, which allows a heap-based buffer overflow (4-byte out-of-bounds write).(CVE-2019-18218)
Affected Packages:
file
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update file to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
file-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
file-libs-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
file-devel-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
file-static-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
file-debuginfo-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
file-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.i686
file-libs-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.i686
file-devel-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.i686
file-static-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.i686
file-debuginfo-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.i686
noarch:
python-magic-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.noarch
src:
file-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
file-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
file-libs-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
file-devel-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
file-static-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
file-debuginfo-5.11-35.amzn2.0.2.x86_64