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HistoryMar 22, 2007 - 12:00 a.m.

file vulnerability

2007-03-2200:00:00
ubuntu.com
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9.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.049 Low

EPSS

Percentile

92.7%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 6.10
  • Ubuntu 6.06
  • Ubuntu 5.10

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu6.10noarchlibmagic1< 4.17-2ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu6.06noarchlibmagic1< 4.16-0ubuntu3.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu5.10noarchlibmagic1< 4.12-1ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN

9.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.049 Low

EPSS

Percentile

92.7%