-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-EN-18:02.file Errata Notice The FreeBSD Project Topic: Version and security update of file(1) and libmagic(3) Category: contrib Module: file Announced: 2018-03-07 Affects: All supported versions of FreeBSD. Corrected: 2018-02-05 08:20:11 UTC (stable/11, 11.1-STABLE) 2018-03-07 06:04:25 UTC (releng/11.1, 11.1-RELEASE-p7) 2018-02-05 08:50:34 UTC (stable/10, 10.4-STABLE) 2018-03-07 06:04:25 UTC (releng/10.4, 10.4-RELEASE-p6) 2018-03-07 06:04:25 UTC (releng/10.3, 10.3-RELEASE-p27) CVE Name: CVE-2017-1000249 For general information regarding FreeBSD Errata Notices and Security Advisories, including descriptions of the fields above, security branches, and the following sections, please visit . I. Background The file(1) utility attempts to classify file system objects based on filesystem, magic number and language tests. The libmagic(3) library provides most of the functionality of file(1) and may be used by other applications. II. Problem Description The file(1) utility contains a stack based buffer overflow when parsing a specially crafted input file. III. Impact The issue lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary file. IV. Workaround No workaround is available, but systems where file(1) and other applications using libmagic(3) are never run on untrusted input are not vulnerable. V. Solution Perform one of the following: 1) Upgrade your system to a supported FreeBSD stable or release / security branch (releng) dated after the correction date. 2) To update your system via a binary patch: Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the i386 or amd64 platforms can be updated via the freebsd-update(8) utility: # freebsd-update fetch # freebsd-update install 3) To update your system via a source code patch: The following patches have been verified to apply to the applicable FreeBSD release branches. a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the detached PGP signature using your PGP utility. [FreeBSD 10.3] # fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-18:02/file-10.3.patch # fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-18:02/file-10.3.patch.asc # gpg --verify file-10.3.patch.asc [FreeBSD 10.4] # fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-18:02/file-10.4.patch # fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-18:02/file-10.4.patch.asc # gpg --verify file-10.4.patch.asc [FreeBSD 11.1] # fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-18:02/file-11.patch # fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-18:02/file-11.patch.asc # gpg --verify file-11.patch.asc b) Apply the patch. Execute the following commands as root: # cd /usr/src # patch < /path/to/patch c) Recompile the operating system using buildworld and installworld as described in . Restart all daemons that use the library, or reboot the system. VI. Correction details The following list contains the correction revision numbers for each affected branch. Branch/path Revision - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- stable/10/ r328875 releng/10.3/ r330569 releng/10.4/ r330569 stable/11/ r328874 releng/11.1/ r330569 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To see which files were modified by a particular revision, run the following command, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number, on a machine with Subversion installed: # svn diff -cNNNNNN --summarize svn://svn.freebsd.org/base Or visit the following URL, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number: VII. References The latest revision of this advisory is available at -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKTBAEBCgB9FiEE/A6HiuWv54gCjWNV05eS9J6n5cIFAlqfhmJfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEZD MEU4NzhBRTVBRkU3ODgwMjhENjM1NUQzOTc5MkY0OUVBN0U1QzIACgkQ05eS9J6n 5cLAmg/+Ls59X/iLsmZiRvMiqfxI78P7FYuvTZ/6It0oaElmbswoaIDs3NF1c+II lcKYwFyXPs4ge/9P4k4pz9bWN7IZcMlGuzDalWSpywF2y3I/6zCNOU2Xyzz4LLVx wrLuWbTYqXFq6bgYsT8BBOANIadH5tjCfvO7DXOtRHyfUK5DJqsT+xMyv6R4Kncv VnwjyBNkutT/kAkWYYdqJYLR7uhW2NmVk/57Un6lnGxsLUMgfL8jxzsTlGOa90q9 0fmGVTwkHxqfxqVSd9+lymISuuw4pg2Ar8bY0AKzMjhQTVMhEtLEsn0N+VbLg6Ns 6HCuPsYwDtGLJ8hd44JPCfbzxzOAW08flUwgu1U5E4e+sUIlKMTOhKxt/HrH+JFk OyzLDytuv2364lMepThzO4++vWZkErxfa5uJFjjrax5w+WECyEddrUJG3HovOxMd YXD/dBSulgxaAgVQLXhn1AI+BUR5rD59wsmi6rEYFDXhAfTxNtrHXp1vIoHiW4CO a8jVPHfFcSuNzLfi+hE/QV8q2RWVOseYlOey0vme4h0upzi3HKQ8WPvUQUrHmDLw D0Hmr6m9PpyoKFnh2UlM4RiEMf3RO4o4nkRHzPp40LPawzmOmilSmPwv/HasBe2z X49GD/ortXLxn7UmGqjkIEApOo9me8lHxCYtODQC73BwZdFNrP4= =PpWQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----