Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-8904 (CCN-157220)

Assigned:2019-02-18
Published:2019-02-18
Updated:2019-03-26
Summary:do_bid_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printf and file_vprintf.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-125
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2019-8904

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
107130

Source: CCN
Type: MantisBT Bug ID 0000062
Stack buffer overflow

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=62

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
file-cve20198904-bo(157220)

Source: CCN
Type: file GIT Repository
file

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-3911-1

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2019-8904

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:file_project:file:5.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:file_project:file:5.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112224
    P
    		file-5.40-1.14 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105754
    P
    		file-5.40-1.14 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20198904000
    V
    		CVE-2019-8904 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2019-02-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201989040000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-8904 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2019-02-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20198904000
    V
    		CVE-2019-8904 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2019-02-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201989040000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-8904 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2019-02-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20198904000
    V
    		CVE-2019-8904 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.
    2019-02-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201989040000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-8904 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2019-02-18
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20198904000
    V
    		CVE-2019-8904 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2019-02-18
    BACK
    file_project file 5.35
    canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
    canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
    canonical ubuntu linux 18.10
    file_project file 5.35