CVE-2003-0102 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in tryelf() in readelf.c of the file command allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the user running file possibly via a large entity size value in an ELF header (elfhdr.e_shentsize).

Reference

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-003.txt.asc http://lwn.net/Alerts/34908/ http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104680706201721&w=2 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-260 http://www.idefense.com/advisory/03.04.03.txt http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611865 http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:030 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_017_file.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-086.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-087.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7008 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11469