CVE-2007-2799

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
• http://osvdb.org/38498
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25394
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25544
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25578
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25931
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26203
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26294
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26415
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29179
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-290.htm
• http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt
• http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1343
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-25.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0391.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018140
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-2
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071