CVE-2017-1000249 Information

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).

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965 https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5