{"id":"USN-3911-2","summary":"file regression","details":"USN-3911-1 fixed vulnerabilities in file. One of the backported security\nfixes introduced a regression that caused the interpreter string to be\ntruncated. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF\n files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or\n possibly execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:53:53.046146Z","published":"2020-05-13T11:44:51Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3911-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1835596"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"file","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.25-2ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.25-2ubuntu1.4"}]}],"versions":["1:5.22+15-2ubuntu1","1:5.25-2ubuntu1","1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1","1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2","1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"file","binary_version":"1:5.25-2ubuntu1.4"},{"binary_name":"libmagic1","binary_version":"1:5.25-2ubuntu1.4"},{"binary_name":"python-magic","binary_version":"1:5.25-2ubuntu1.4"},{"binary_version":"1:5.25-2ubuntu1.4","binary_name":"python3-magic"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3911-2.json"}},{"package":{"name":"file","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.32-2ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.32-2ubuntu0.4"}]}],"versions":["1:5.32-1","1:5.32-2","1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1","1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2","1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"file","binary_version":"1:5.32-2ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"libmagic-mgc","binary_version":"1:5.32-2ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_version":"1:5.32-2ubuntu0.4","binary_name":"libmagic1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3911-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}