DSA-1343-1 file -- integer overflow

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 4.17-5etch4.

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_4.17-5etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch4.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_4.17-5etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch4_arm.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch4_ia64.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch4_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch4_sparc.deb

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