Medium: file

Issue Overview:

do_bid_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printf and file_vprintf. (CVE-2019-8904)

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10360. (CVE-2019-8905)

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2019-8907)

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a has an out-of-bounds read because memcpy is misused. (CVE-2019-8906)

Affected Packages:

file

Issue Correction:
Run yum update file to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    file-5.34-3.37.amzn1.i686  
    file-devel-5.34-3.37.amzn1.i686  
    file-libs-5.34-3.37.amzn1.i686  
    file-debuginfo-5.34-3.37.amzn1.i686  
    file-static-5.34-3.37.amzn1.i686  
  
noarch:  
    python27-magic-5.34-3.37.amzn1.noarch  
    python26-magic-5.34-3.37.amzn1.noarch  
  
src:  
    file-5.34-3.37.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    file-static-5.34-3.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    file-devel-5.34-3.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    file-5.34-3.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    file-debuginfo-5.34-3.37.amzn1.x86_64  
    file-libs-5.34-3.37.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-8904, CVE-2019-8905, CVE-2019-8906, CVE-2019-8907

Mitre: CVE-2019-8904, CVE-2019-8905, CVE-2019-8906, CVE-2019-8907