Debian: file Buffer overflow vulnerability
Summary
iDEFENSE discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ELF format
parsing of the "file" command, one which can be used to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the command. The
vulnerability can be exploited by crafting a special ELF binary which is
then input to file. This could be accomplished by leaving the binary on
the file system and waiting for someone to use file to identify it, or
by passing it to a service that uses file to classify input. (For
example, some printer filters run file to determine how to process input
going to a printer.)
Fixed packages are available in version 3.28-1.potato.1 for Debian 2.2
(potato) and version 3.37-3.1.woody.1 for Debian 3.0 (woody). We
recommend you upgrade your file package immediately.
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.
For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate
directory .
Debian 2.2 (potato)
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Debian 2.2 (potato) was released for alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc and sparc.
Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 639 85bbfb52d13c084a9029f3552d7e1dfe
Size/MD5 checksum: 124529 a6bdc66e9c6af58da6977a57923c02c0
Size/MD5 checksum: 31736 9c23fac99161cc9a5e133be542fe0226
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
Size/MD5 checksum: 92170 18bdf5775e40243e7e17ebac7dbed730
arm architecture (ARM)
Size/MD5 checksum: 88572 c51e09397b04358ab7e42c710dab4ca9
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
Size/MD5 checksum: 88164 9a1945e7449e5bc243fd22af2cfb15a2
m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0)
Size/MD5 checksum: 87186 1348a858e3715d25c862648c41ac793f
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
Size/MD5 checksum: 89346 b7190fd329df08377dc922d014d46195
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
Size/MD5 checksum: 91412 032448fa4cf7b4bc4d8ce3bbe7470a3f
Debian 3.0 (woody)
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Debian 3.0 (woody) was released for alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 47683 5653fa12fb92b465017b7fb847591bc5
Size/MD6 checksum: 678 9e5705581862d737a338471bfa031617
Size/MD5 checksum: 166623 5743b2fc24743b6188504762d40c0b4c
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
Size/MD5 checksum: 180780 814139b8680577450d416fb386737d56
arm architecture (ARM)
Size/MD5 checksum: 177040 b49fb60a60641cf5e27dea7b44338938
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
Size/MD5 checksum: 179412 2388427c4f52ca11e2ac00b0d12e1b42
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
Size/MD5 checksum: 175246 ebac35a75aebe97cad2ebbfffe000f82
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
Size/MD5 checksum: 184942 934d1a23acd4e343e390ebed66f2101e
m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0)
Size/MD5 checksum: 174058 69c08b32893304e1a821793ecf193393
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
Size/MD5 checksum: 178576 f913464347dde9972ec2c80b29393f6b
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
Size/MD5 checksum: 178460 0ce50ff45b9db314a737c8002e3bcb9c
powerpc architecture (PowerPC)
Size/MD5 checksum: 177072 f43bc712f83b2cad0e4f3e40b1d491e7
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
Size/MD5 checksum: 177980 305395cc6fed6830697b7f39984d01d3
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
Size/MD5 checksum: 179316 b957e930f657cd1674ef66a38ae2dbb0
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