National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-2799

Overview

Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large file that triggers an overflow that bypasses an assert() statement. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-1536.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241022

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241022

External Source: XF

Name: file-assert-code-execution(34731)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/34731

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0924

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-2071

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-439-2

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-2

External Source: TRUSTIX

Name: 2007-0024

Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1018140

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018140

External Source: BID

Name: 24146

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070524 FLEA-2007-0022-1: file

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0391

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0391.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:040

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:114

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200705-25

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-25.xml

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1343

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1343

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-290.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-290.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29420

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29420

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29179

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29179

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26415

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26415

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26294

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26294

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26203

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26203

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25931

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25931

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25578

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25578

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25544

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25544

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25394

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25394

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11012

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11012

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 38498

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/38498

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-03-18

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

External Source: NETBSD

Name: NetBSD-SA2008-001

Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11012

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11012