Source: file
Version: 1:5.35-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=64

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for file.

CVE-2019-8906[0]:
| do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has an
| out-of-bounds read because memcpy is misused.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-8906
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8906
[1] https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=64
[2] https://github.com/file/file/commit/2858eaf99f6cc5aae129bcbf1e24ad160240185f

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

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