Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704550
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4550-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'file' package(s) announced via the DSA-4550-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'file' package(s) announced via the DSA-4550-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A buffer overflow was found in file, a file type classification tool, which may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed CDF (Composite Document File) file is processed. For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.30-1+deb9u3. For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:5.35-4+deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your file packages. For the detailed security status of file please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'file' package(s) on Debian 9, Debian 10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-18218 Debian Security Information: DSA-4550 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4550 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D6BJVGXSCC6NMIAWX36FPWHEIFON3OSE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VBK6XOJR6OVWT2FUEBO7V7KCOSSLAP52/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV6PFCEYHYALMTT45QE2U5C5TEJZQPXJ/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-24 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16780 https://github.com/file/file/commit/46a8443f76cec4b41ec736eca396984c74664f84 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00032.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00008.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0677 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00044.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-2/
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