(OpenBSD Issues Fix) file Heap Overflow in file_printf() May Let Local Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018358 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1018358
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2007-1536
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 10 2007
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via local system, User access via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 4.20
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in file. A local user may be able to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
A local user can trigger a heap overflow in the file_printf() function to cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target system with the privileges of the user running the file application.
The vendor credits Jean-Sebastien Guay-Leroux with discovering this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local user may be able to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
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Solution:
OpenBSD has issued the following patches:
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.0/common/015_file.patch
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.1/common/009_file.patch
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS:
UNIX (OpenBSD)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:15:42 -0400
Subject: OpenBSD
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SECURITY FIX: July 9, 2007 All Architectures
Fix possible heap overflow in file(1), aka CVE-2007-1536.
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.0/common/015_file.patch
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.1/common/009_file.patch
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