Executive Summary



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Summary
Title file vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-439-2 First vendor Publication 2007-06-11
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2007-06-11
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5.1 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libmagic1 4.16-0ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 6.10:
libmagic1 4.17-2ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 7.04:
libmagic1 4.19-1ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

USN-439-1 fixed a vulnerability in file. The original fix did not fully solve the problem. This update provides a more complete solution.

Original advisory details:

Jean-Sebastien Guay-Leroux discovered that "file" did not correctly
check the size of allocated heap memory. If a user were tricked into
examining a specially crafted file with the "file" utility, a remote
attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-439-2

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11012
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11012
Title: Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large file that triggers an overflow that bypasses an assert() statement. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-1536.
Description: Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large file that triggers an overflow that bypasses an assert() statement. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-1536.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-2799
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18466
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18466
Title: DSA-1343-2 file
Description: Colin Percival discovered an integer overflow in file, a file type classification tool, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1343-2
CVE-2007-2799
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): file
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19976
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19976
Title: DSA-1343-1 file
Description: Colin Percival discovered an integer overflow in file, a file type classification tool, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1343-1
CVE-2007-2799
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): file
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22395
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22395
Title: ELSA-2007:0391: file security update (Moderate)
Description: Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large file that triggers an overflow that bypasses an assert() statement. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-1536.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2007:0391-02
CVE-2007-2799
 Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): file
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for file
File : nvt/sles10_file.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for file MDKSA-2007:114 (file)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_114.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for file vulnerability USN-439-2
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_439_2.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for file FEDORA-2007-0836
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_0836_file_fc7.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for file FEDORA-2007-538
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_538_file_fc6.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for file FEDORA-2007-541
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_541_file_fc5.nasl
2009-01-28 Name : SuSE Update for file SUSE-SA:2007:040
File : nvt/gb_suse_2007_040.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200705-25 (file)
File : nvt/glsa_200705_25.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200710-19 (sleuthkit)
File : nvt/glsa_200710_19.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1343-1 (file)
File : nvt/deb_1343_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1343-2 (file)
File : nvt/deb_1343_2.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
38498 GNU file File Handling Local Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0391.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20070530_file_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-19 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2008-002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_file-3755.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-439-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-0836.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-19 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200710-19.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_file-3757.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-08-01 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1343.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-12 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-538.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-12 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-541.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-07 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-114.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-04 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200705-25.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-01 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0391.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-01 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0391.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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