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.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
22 March 2007
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
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.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
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