Issued:
2020-03-31
Updated:
2020-03-31

RHSA-2020:1022 - Low: file security update

Synopsis

Low: file security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Low

Topic

An update for file is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data the file contains. It can identify many different file types, including Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) binary files, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats.

Security Fix(es):

  • file: out-of-bounds read via a crafted ELF file (CVE-2018-10360)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • file-libs-5.11-36.el7.i686.rpm
  • file-libs-5.11-36.el7.ppc.rpm
  • file-static-5.11-36.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • python-magic-5.11-36.el7.noarch.rpm
  • file-libs-5.11-36.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • file-5.11-36.el7.src.rpm
  • file-devel-5.11-36.el7.s390.rpm
  • file-5.11-36.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • file-static-5.11-36.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • file-libs-5.11-36.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • file-5.11-36.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • file-static-5.11-36.el7.ppc.rpm
  • file-devel-5.11-36.el7.i686.rpm
  • file-5.11-36.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • file-5.11-36.el7.s390x.rpm
  • file-devel-5.11-36.el7.ppc.rpm
  • file-debuginfo-5.11-36.el7.ppc.rpm
  • file-libs-5.11-36.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • file-devel-5.11-36.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • file-debuginfo-5.11-36.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • file-devel-5.11-36.el7.s390x.rpm
  • file-debuginfo-5.11-36.el7.i686.rpm
  • file-devel-5.11-36.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • file-debuginfo-5.11-36.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • file-static-5.11-36.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • file-static-5.11-36.el7.s390x.rpm
  • file-devel-5.11-36.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • file-libs-5.11-36.el7.s390.rpm
  • file-libs-5.11-36.el7.s390x.rpm
  • file-debuginfo-5.11-36.el7.s390x.rpm
  • file-static-5.11-36.el7.i686.rpm
  • file-static-5.11-36.el7.s390.rpm
  • file-debuginfo-5.11-36.el7.s390.rpm
  • file-debuginfo-5.11-36.el7.ppc64le.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information