Security update for file

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1294-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-18218 ( SUSE ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-18218 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
  • Python 2 Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for file fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-18218: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in cdf_read_property_info() (bsc#1154661).

Non-security issue fixed:

  • Fixed broken '--help' output (bsc#1169512).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-1294=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-1294=1
  • Python 2 Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python2-15-SP1-2020-1294=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • file-debugsource-5.32-7.8.1
    • file-devel-5.32-7.8.1
    • libmagic1-debuginfo-5.32-7.8.1
    • file-5.32-7.8.1
    • libmagic1-5.32-7.8.1
    • file-debuginfo-5.32-7.8.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • file-magic-5.32-7.8.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • libmagic1-32bit-5.32-7.8.1
    • libmagic1-32bit-debuginfo-5.32-7.8.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python3-magic-5.32-7.8.1
  • Python 2 Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python2-magic-5.32-7.8.1

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