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Date:      Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:52:48 +0200
From:      Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Thomas Vogt <thomas@bsdunix.ch>
Subject:   Re: Integer underflow in the "file" program before 4.20
Message-ID:  <460DF730.4080803@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070331054103.GA982@zaphod.nitro.dk>
References:  <1175178178.80069.31.camel@bert.mlan.solnet.ch> <20070331054103.GA982@zaphod.nitro.dk>

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Simon L. Nielsen schrieb:
> On 2007.03.29 16:22:58 +0200, Thomas Vogt wrote:
>
>   
>> http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1536
>> "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."
>>
>> Is FreeBSD 5.x/6.x affected too? It looks the System has file 4.12. The
>> port has 4.20.
>>     
>
> Hey,
>
> While I haven't confirmed FreeBSD is vulnerable, I assume that is the
> case.  In any case, we (The FreeBSD Security Team) are working on this
> isuse.
>
>   
In any case, I'd also be happy to see the base file upgraded, since the 
current one has some known issues. E.g. it coredumps sometimes when 
using from amavisd-new, while the newer version from ports works well.

Gabor



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