GLSA-200710-19 : The Sleuth Kit: Integer underflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 27517

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200710-19 (The Sleuth Kit: Integer underflow)

Jean-Sebastien Guay-Leroux reported an integer underflow in the file_printf() function of the 'file' utility which is bundled with The Sleuth Kit (CVE-2007-1536, GLSA 200703-26). Note that Gentoo is not affected by the improper fix for this vulnerability (identified as CVE-2007-2799, see GLSA 200705-25) since version 4.20 of 'file' was never shipped with The Sleuth Kit ebuilds.
Impact :

A remote attacker could entice a user to run The Sleuth Kit on a file system containing a specially crafted file that would trigger a heap-based buffer overflow possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running The Sleuth Kit.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All The Sleuth Kit users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-forensics/sleuthkit-2.0.9'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27517

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200710-19.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 10/19/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:sleuthkit, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1536, CVE-2007-2799

CWE: 189

GLSA: 200710-19

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