[SECURITY] [DSA 1274-1] New file packages fix arbitrary code execution

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1274-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Noah Meyerhans
April 02, 2007

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Package : file
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem type : local (remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-1536
CERT advisory : 606700
BugTraq ID : 23021
Debian Bug : 415362 416678

An integer underflow bug has been found in the file_printf function in
file, a tool to determine file types based analysis of file content.
The bug could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by inducing a
local user to examine a specially crafted file that triggers a buffer
overflow.

For the stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.12-1sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.17-5etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
4.20-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your file package.

Upgrade instructions

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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Debian (testing)

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Testing updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 693 951d84ef18e8738d58cda73d1680ce66
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 24145 ef79b92b6d0d4af9985200abb3eb24f5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 556270 50919c65e0181423d66bb25d7fe7b0fd

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 32578 75a84c91d0dc6e4045e0307cc62fb918
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 70020 b69805d0887244d6b7918080df4e8b7b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 281336 6276a026bb520a16fcfb947dc725eb43
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 23568 94acf8d52b7856807e71b35d60eb74af

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 276290 37c72fc764b288f8d4a7894f4cebf3ef
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 56574 2aba6876dd12752ea2ecd56f898ab9af
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 32104 0f00096249fe444ebb95ddae6492909c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 23394 36dd3f866c7fb19e77d761b8416b4b2c

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 31742 43b1a7fee3dfd774824f8293e9220073
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 274096 1f863470c5588fbc24847bd1a1c7759f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 53536 ee901555075f56e83be246d395e4718c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22818 748d71238d5e4e1624a57eaacf28ab5c

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 32648 55eae0d1ec07c49ccfe1345884dab0f0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 281328 0921611f2e7dbf5f1d94ded1e7887321
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 63238 69270cb5bd7219367fcf269f1c624cb0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 23892 98ac67130b2f5c8faadba02c304bee05

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 275476 73727e6a1bee1b2050fe7d010fb832d2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 31714 e016c717ba5d75feede13eeeab5f7cf3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22632 d4f1bd064d6531149b5b643b102bf1da
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 53782 cb34870b1e90d01a8cf7894b8b2b3559

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 34260 4e287815dbec95b699ee6ea1b2151f7c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 24600 51d7107c00e200715bddee79f4b53749
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 291318 1573c597577a1db4fbca2295fb790793
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 74386 b8c3908f66d5db52ec48d606e709beb4

m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22988 4eefbe6fc4cf61b37bc34854a7438b5a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 51348 f72decddef01b440a841a039eafb1092
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 275476 ce16292818420b3de04de3dc16ff1a1e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 31570 cf983c2f04cba4ac2674fff5af0cfa5a

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 275660 e342725b89601aba62ddb1a03f33af5c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 23052 797b6cfb28601868bb148998f8d49615
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 32322 7bc9c065901e11cec20dd0847d599667
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 61390 53f30479c3d8f562c14862d2c194ee0b

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 24616 64e39d96465acd81c26eeae8507e343b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 59796 d2fcf2ce16799b78bd09f56c7c9d6461
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 278352 c2eda0cd03692bfb6375540367a4879e
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 33726 0f5095a99deea057dfbd2a9ef1927b07

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 32252 ddf5036309547eeb00c80f2e3b9e475c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58528 ab83218ff4202b043df421c10da4b54d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 278388 25db07b89c16397c0124623e1dc83711
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 23552 400fb303defedd99650f169d8aac9a07

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.17-5etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 55700 d0032c600fb63d0dc4a75d2418cf1011
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.17-5etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 31868 7c102bd051db8b5ab30115e738b14165
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.17-5etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 275312 dad1ced332b6cd4f589ce5092e2cf6aa
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/python-magic_4.17-5etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 22866 2d7a344cf2dafa77f7715f87ebb95bec

Debian 3.1 (stable)

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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 17938 280dd71f4e252f06075c39bfaa299c30
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 414600 09488a9d62bc6627b48a8c93e12d72f8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 617 35369fd62fb18da83aaeb7c4f344dd4c

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 238446 6ab7e10b3ccd6996257358441944cc4c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 60372 5d9f2ab63560957deaaf094402876595
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 29802 2a93ec360a35a307275f5289835756ee

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 48820 94792b5f5fc9d54a048ed5fd84f68bd8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 234488 0eb406eb95834f062d48ac634d9f692a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 29392 083ff4d77e47544fc823abd5cde77c3b

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 48120 75fb618134a4d6b76e5899273ac7abce
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 28770 a7be2037c858590be36fb0ddab26232a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 231616 58646ecdaaac4fee66d65cedb9d7afa3

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 52528 271a0268649c27e6a0a5a3363d660158
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 238184 6ea1a29a90b1b6571c657d80f70fd8b7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 29892 90f8c9693d044447b3936c525f07ac71

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 28778 5dc2a6e2ae0e369822375952d4f09661
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 45386 3526099e71273498e46541578303ca4c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 234522 606140908844c8181f9e0a53c15374e4

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 244072 3cbf0c667572a10a5f8579d53eafbe3d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 61296 267571facbab4099dbfb12d89400e74c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 30942 88099993187e92e188802b7d8996fda9

m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 232484 c35535ce37901120062d47431066e946
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 28710 601b08cb90d21aac8bed905e2d554a84
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 42630 82849929ce261da16590c876a2e7a978

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 234744 0a50e0dfe8370a65a0899943c1bd6506
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 52510 fcb6e150660aff04c5b487e999814a03
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 29620 36c0183df84f44516c6e32668a2236b1

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 52534 6d556dcaaf27cdc86a69b1fe11c89b8b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 234558 aaed5e4d40c36b31f201c93613dd0c20
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 29620 c00d1715534ff3b95a6c6156290e4800

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 236644 1f7fbf49b8818db458ead63b043d8fea
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 30658 7152ead6e4a9e9f37fde881577f02caa
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 51396 16ff41ac4bbfcc6565b5145c17aedf80

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 29450 66990243c08fcccf849951cea6d4dedb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 50394 f39ed1ee907ec2e1c498aad4dbddcdef
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 236116 b5cda283c9db32b89e5441194a335302

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/file_4.12-1sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 28856 11efe46dea9c9b490783766edb31d521
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic-dev_4.12-1sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 48308 ea756379607f0078a1d58a87b1c4ec6b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/file/libmagic1_4.12-1sarge1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 234004 32eecd3db459b68c992cd3e87d9f15c1

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: [email protected]
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/&lt;pkg&gt;