RHSA-2020:2521 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: file security update

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · June 12, 2020

Updated · June 25, 2026

Topic

An update for file is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data the file contains. It can identify many different file types, including Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) binary files, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats.

Security Fix(es):

  • file: out-of-bounds read via a crafted ELF file (CVE-2018-10360)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2020:2521 — Red Hat Security Advisory: file security update | PulseLinux