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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : file vulnerability (USN-439-2)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 28036
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
USN-439-1 fixed a vulnerability in file. The original fix did not fully solve the problem. This update provides a more complete solution.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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 28036
File Name: ubuntu_USN-439-2.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
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: 5.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.1
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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:python-magic-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.4-magic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-2799
BID: 24146