CVE-2007-1536 Information

Description

Integer 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.

Reference

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2007/000161.html http://openbsd.org/errata40.html015_file http://secunia.com/advisories/24548 http://secunia.com/advisories/24592 http://secunia.com/advisories/24604 http://secunia.com/advisories/24608 http://secunia.com/advisories/24616 http://secunia.com/advisories/24617 http://secunia.com/advisories/24723 http://secunia.com/advisories/24754 http://secunia.com/advisories/25133 http://secunia.com/advisories/25393 http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 http://secunia.com/advisories/25931 http://secunia.com/advisories/25989 http://secunia.com/advisories/27307 http://secunia.com/advisories/27314 http://secunia.com/advisories/29179 http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:04.file.asc http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-26.xml http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-19.xml http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.512926 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-179.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1274 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/606700 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:067 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0124.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477861/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477950/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23021 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017796 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1040 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171452 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36283 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1148 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10658