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Unscored USN-3911-2 0 CVEs

file regression

Published May 13, 2020 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-3911-1 fixed vulnerabilities in file. One of the backported security
fixes introduced a regression that caused the interpreter string to be
truncated. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain malformed ELF
files. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS file 1:5.25-2ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS file 1:5.32-2ubuntu0.4

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1835596