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Critical
CVE-2007-1536
Integer underflow in the file_printf function in the "file" program...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27314
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25393
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29179
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23021
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24616
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017796
- http://openbsd.org/errata40.html#015_file
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27307
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2007/000161.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:067
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477950/100/0/threaded
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24723
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24754
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0124.html
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171452
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25989
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24604
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10658
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25931
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1274
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24617
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36283
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1040
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-179.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25133
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:04.file.asc
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-1
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/606700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24608
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477861/100/0/threaded
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-26.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-19.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24592
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1148
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.512926
Affected Vendor
file
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file
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 20th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.