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file ELF Header Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13376
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Release Date:
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2004-12-06
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Last Update:
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2004-12-22
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Popularity:
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6,396 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | file 4.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1304
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in file, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the ELF header parsing code in the function "donote()" in "readelf.c". This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a malicious file is processed.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Solution:
Update to version 4.12.
ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/
Provided and/or discovered by:
First reported in a Trustix advisory.
Changelog:
2004-12-14: Updated advisory with additional information from Gentoo advisory.
2004-12-17: Updated advisory with additional information from SUSE advisory.
2004-12-22: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
Trustix:
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0063/
Other References:
Gentoo:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200412-07.xml
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