Re: Re: CVE Request: file: crashes when checking softmagic for some corrupt PE executables

[Remi Collet <remi () fedoraproject org>]

Le 05/03/2014 19:29, mancha a écrit :

> The initial fix for this problem [1] had an off-by-one flaw
> that has since been corrected [2].
>
> I am unsure of the policy regarding the issuance of new CVE 
> identifiers associated with incomplete/flawed fixes associated
> with previously allocated CVEs. But, in this particular case
> file 5.17 shipped with [1] and not [2].

[1] fix a security risk.

[2] don't fix any security risk. It's only a regression noticed when
analysis some files (used in PHP test suite, p.e.). I don't think this
need a new CVE.

> --mancha
>
> [1] https://github.com/file/file/commit/447558595a36
> [2] https://github.com/file/file/commit/70c65d2e1841