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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge2.diff.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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch2.diff.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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.