CVE-2007-1536

Summary

CVECVE-2007-1536
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-03-20 20:19:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-16 16:38:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger underflow in the file_printf function in the "file" program before 4.20 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application File File All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
File(1) Command File_PrintF Integer Underflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Advisories | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Slackware update for file - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for file - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- file: Integer underflow GENTOO security.gentoo.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
FreeBSD update for file - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- The Sleuth Kit: Integer underflow GENTOO security.gentoo.org
rPath update for file - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
VU#606700 - file integer overflow vulnerability CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Bug 171452 - sys-apps/file < 4.20 integer underflow (CVE-2007-1536) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
NetBSD file "file_printf()" Integer Underflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
file "file_printf()" Integer Underflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
file-4.20 is now available MLIST mx.gw.com Patch
Avaya Products file Integer Underflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
USN-439-1: file vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
APPLE-SA-2007-05-24 Security Update 2007-005 APPLE lists.apple.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for file - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenBSD update for file - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for file - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for file - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Apple Mac OS X Security Update for Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenBSD 4.0 errata OPENBSD openbsd.org
ASA-2007-179 (RHSA-2007-0124) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
SUSE update for file - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
FreeBSD-SA-07:04 FREEBSD security.freebsd.org
Gentoo update for sleuthkit - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - file Heap Overflow in file_printf() May Let Local Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
NetBSD-SA2008-001 NETBSD ftp.netbsd.org
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Mandriva update for file - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1148 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
About Security Update 2007-005 CONFIRM docs.info.apple.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1274-1 file DEBIAN www.debian.org
The Sleuth Kit "file" Integer Underflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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