USN-439-1: file vulnerability
22 March 2007
file vulnerability
Releases
Details
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.10
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libmagic1
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4.17-2ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 6.06
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libmagic1
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4.16-0ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 5.10
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libmagic1
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4.12-1ubuntu1.1
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.