Moderate: file security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2007:0124-2
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Moderate
Issued on:	2007-03-23
Last updated on:	2007-03-23
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL:	com.redhat.rhsa-20070124.xml
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2007-1536

Details

An updated file package that fixes a security flaw is now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
type of data contained by the file.

An integer underflow flaw was found in the file utility. An attacker could
create a carefully crafted file which, if examined by a victim using the
file utility, could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2007-1536)

This issue did not affect the version of the file utility distributed with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3.

Users should upgrade to this erratum package, which contain a backported
patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`c8528fe4a34f010c709d5f9dc93b73a5`

IA-32:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`2148dbe144b2c050a5aa94559f3a1fe1`

x86_64:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`ca289eace58ff0886e6fc40f55b7d03e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
file-4.17-9.el5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0308	`565e3adeb330d941e62779e973043c8a`

IA-32:
file-4.17-9.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0308	`d044793730b6eb50f99f89e250ff1f68`

IA-64:
file-4.17-9.el5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0308	`ec120e826901810a56d962483b02612a`

PPC:
file-4.17-9.el5.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0308	`9fe5754f3933494b9c973e30d570ff77`

s390x:
file-4.17-9.el5.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0308	`798d452831a511b2145aeb4ab21b66d3`

x86_64:
file-4.17-9.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0308	`7d76d229b35d23af0ab593322c49c1b6`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`c8528fe4a34f010c709d5f9dc93b73a5`

IA-32:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`2148dbe144b2c050a5aa94559f3a1fe1`

IA-64:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`4213f7d5e2c136a3bebc008f43f9b9cb`

PPC:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`4ff799e23850ad56b777c3213b5897b3`

s390:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`947e89850ecd9f3e218a86b31060bbff`

s390x:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`238b84277df82e589e2da1c080390391`

x86_64:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`ca289eace58ff0886e6fc40f55b7d03e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
file-4.17-9.el5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0308	`565e3adeb330d941e62779e973043c8a`

IA-32:
file-4.17-9.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0308	`d044793730b6eb50f99f89e250ff1f68`

x86_64:
file-4.17-9.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0308	`7d76d229b35d23af0ab593322c49c1b6`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`c8528fe4a34f010c709d5f9dc93b73a5`

IA-32:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`2148dbe144b2c050a5aa94559f3a1fe1`

IA-64:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`4213f7d5e2c136a3bebc008f43f9b9cb`

x86_64:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`ca289eace58ff0886e6fc40f55b7d03e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`c8528fe4a34f010c709d5f9dc93b73a5`

IA-32:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`2148dbe144b2c050a5aa94559f3a1fe1`

IA-64:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`4213f7d5e2c136a3bebc008f43f9b9cb`

x86_64:
file-4.10-3.EL4.5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2007:1098	`ca289eace58ff0886e6fc40f55b7d03e`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

233161 - CVE-2007-1536 file 4.20 fixes a heap overflow in that can result in arbitrary code execution
233337 - CVE-2007-1536 file 4.20 fixes a heap overflow in that can result in arbitrary code execution

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1536
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

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