| Name | CVE-2017-1000249 |
| Description | An 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). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3965-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| file (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:5.30-1+deb9u3 | fixed |
| buster | 1:5.35-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster (lts) | 1:5.35-4+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:5.39-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:5.44-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:5.45-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| file | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| file | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| file | source | stretch | 1:5.30-1+deb9u1 | | DSA-3965-1 | |
| file | source | (unstable) | 1:5.32-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - file <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - file <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
Upstream fix: https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793
Introduced by: https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1