Executive Summary

Summary
Title file: Denial of service
Informations
Name GLSA-201806-08 First vendor Publication 2018-06-23
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2018-06-23
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in file could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for patterns.

Description

File does not properly utilize the do_core_note function in readelf.c in libmagic.a.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted ELF file possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All file users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/file-5.33-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-10360 : https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10360

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-08

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201806-08.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 5
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-7cd597eebf.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0171.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-2_0-0080.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-02 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2018-212-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-06-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-b5de855e94.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-06-25 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201806-08.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2018-07-30 21:21:48
  • Multiple Updates
2018-06-24 00:18:37
  • First insertion