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Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : file vulnerability (USN-439-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 28035

Synopsis

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

Description

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.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/439-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 28035

File Name: ubuntu_USN-439-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:file, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagic-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagic1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-magic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.4-magic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1536

BID: 23021

USN: 439-1