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).
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-1000249 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-php70-php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | php55-php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-php56-php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | php54-php | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | file | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | file | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | file | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | rpm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php53 | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | file | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cdrtools | Not affected |
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