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CVE-2007-2799

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.

Published

2007-05-23T21:30:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-189

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	file	file	4.2	Yes
Application	sleuth_kit	the_sleuth_kith	*	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/38498 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25394 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25544 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25578 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25931 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26203 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26294 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26415 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29179 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-290.htm ([email protected])
http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1343 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-25.xml ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114 ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0391.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018140 ([email protected])
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/ ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-2 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241022 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34731 ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11012 ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/38498 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25394 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25544 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25578 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25931 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26203 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26294 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26415 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29179 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-290.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.amavis.org/security/asa-2007-3.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1343 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-25.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0391.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018140 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241022 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34731 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1311 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11012 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)