Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59159
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-439-2 (file)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-439-2 (file)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to file announced via advisory USN-439-2. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: USN-439-1 fixed a vulnerability in file. The original fix did not fully solve the problem. This update provides a more complete solution. Original advisory details: Jean-Sebastien Guay-Leroux discovered that file did not correctly check the size of allocated heap memory. If a user were tricked into examining a specially crafted file with the file utility, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libmagic1 4.16-0ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 6.10: libmagic1 4.17-2ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 7.04: libmagic1 4.19-1ubuntu2.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-439-2 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-2799 Bugtraq: 20070524 FLEA-2007-0022-1: file (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/469520/30/6420/threaded http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1343 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1343 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-25.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:114 NETBSD Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2008-001 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0391.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2007:040 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-2 BugTraq ID: 24146 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24146 http://osvdb.org/38498 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11012 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2071 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018140 http://secunia.com/advisories/25394 http://secunia.com/advisories/25544 http://secunia.com/advisories/25578 http://secunia.com/advisories/25931 http://secunia.com/advisories/26203 http://secunia.com/advisories/26294 http://secunia.com/advisories/26415 http://secunia.com/advisories/29179 http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 XForce ISS Database: file-assert-code-execution(34731) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/34731
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