Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1343-1 file -- integer overflow

Date Reported:

31 Jul 2007

Affected Packages:

file

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-2799.

More information:

Colin Percival discovered an integer overflow in file, a file type classification tool, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.12-1sarge2.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 4.17-5etch2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.21-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your file package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2.diff.gz; 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/file_4.12-1sarge2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge2_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge2_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge2_arm.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge2_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge2_mips.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge2_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch2_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch2_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch2_arm.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch2_ia64.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.