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file ELF Header Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA13376
Release Date: 2004-12-06
Last Update: 2004-12-22
Popularity: 7,255 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:file 4.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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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.

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