Bug 85635 – file utility contains buffer overflow

Bug 85635 - file utility contains buffer overflow

Summary:	file utility contains buffer overflow

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

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Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	file (Show other bugs)
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Version:	2.1
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Jeff Johnson
QA Contact:	Mike McLean
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Keywords:	Security

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Reported:	2003-03-05 06:13 EST by Mark J. Cox
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:06 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2003-04-04 04:37:50 EST
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Description Mark J. Cox 2003-03-05 06:13:27 EST

The file utility before version 3.41 contains a buffer overflow
vulnerability in the ELF parsing routines. This can allow an attacker to
create a carefully crafted binary that can cause arbitrary code to run if a
victim runs the 'file' command on the binary. 

http://www.idefense.com/advisory/03.04.03.txt 
CAN-2003-0102

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2003-03-05 10:17:02 EST


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 85297 ***

Comment 2 Mark J. Cox 2003-03-05 10:22:11 EST

This is the Advanced Products tracking bug and therefore is not a duplicate of
85297.  Reopening.

Comment 3 Jeff Johnson 2003-03-05 11:23:09 EST

NEEDINFO so I don't have to stare at an open and pending (process imho) bug.

Comment 4 Kjartan Maraas 2003-04-03 15:03:05 EST

Wasn't this fixed in the latest errata for 2.1AS too?

Comment 5 Mark J. Cox 2003-04-04 04:37:50 EST

An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-087.html

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