Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1274-1 file -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 02 Apr 2007
- Affected Packages:
- file
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 415362, Bug 416678.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 23021.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-1536. - More information:
-
An integer underflow bug has been found in the file_printf function in file, a tool to determine file types based analysis of file content. The bug could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by inducing a local user to examine a specially crafted file that triggers a buffer overflow.
For the stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 4.12-1sarge1.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.17-5etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in 4.20-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your file package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian (testing)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_m68k.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (stable)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.