Issued:: 2007-05-30
Updated:: 2007-05-30

RHSA-2007:0391 - Security Advisory

Overview
Updated Packages

Synopsis

Moderate: file security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

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.

Description

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

The fix for CVE-2007-1536 introduced a new integer underflow flaw 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-2007-2799)

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

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5 s390
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.5 ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

BZ - 241022 - CVE-2007-2799 file integer overflow
BZ - 241026 - CVE-2007-2799 file integer overflow
BZ - 241027 - CVE-2007-2799 file integer overflow

CVEs

CVE-2007-2799

References

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0798609ff772b4653ef573e9ceb1ca9088fd3e80e136d4185e42f4f6b62f18ef
x86_64
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 51f2d8c5b39249696bb33fed808c4862cfb31a0c6aa301b3bce96f9fab3bea82
ia64
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 65e75f7566530aa9b7d9ed4237cc87449a0a3ce68c259ce9f0eb68eac952f952
i386
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 699ea89c9660edae35ba52f7bbdc0936a0fa1713e32cfb8a505b95a4d0246112

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: d14a7572107c51836138a3ff1eba83528b04f7f264008f67ee5b77dcac3028ce
x86_64
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: aefa27277ed91e8904630c91495d0bdbe08cffa4e757951f136e8cc0d5230906
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: aefa27277ed91e8904630c91495d0bdbe08cffa4e757951f136e8cc0d5230906
ia64
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 3c9eaaf302801800d0e35cf1b27040a955de1a9754dcfd8ada5e7e4adb858676
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 3c9eaaf302801800d0e35cf1b27040a955de1a9754dcfd8ada5e7e4adb858676
i386
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 752b5d1e8b1b9cc6cff56055ee76f54916de6e72d87db10e6b98c10274c619e0
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 752b5d1e8b1b9cc6cff56055ee76f54916de6e72d87db10e6b98c10274c619e0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: d14a7572107c51836138a3ff1eba83528b04f7f264008f67ee5b77dcac3028ce
x86_64
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: aefa27277ed91e8904630c91495d0bdbe08cffa4e757951f136e8cc0d5230906
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: aefa27277ed91e8904630c91495d0bdbe08cffa4e757951f136e8cc0d5230906
ia64
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 3c9eaaf302801800d0e35cf1b27040a955de1a9754dcfd8ada5e7e4adb858676
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 3c9eaaf302801800d0e35cf1b27040a955de1a9754dcfd8ada5e7e4adb858676
i386
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 752b5d1e8b1b9cc6cff56055ee76f54916de6e72d87db10e6b98c10274c619e0
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 752b5d1e8b1b9cc6cff56055ee76f54916de6e72d87db10e6b98c10274c619e0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0798609ff772b4653ef573e9ceb1ca9088fd3e80e136d4185e42f4f6b62f18ef
x86_64
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 51f2d8c5b39249696bb33fed808c4862cfb31a0c6aa301b3bce96f9fab3bea82
i386
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 699ea89c9660edae35ba52f7bbdc0936a0fa1713e32cfb8a505b95a4d0246112

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: d14a7572107c51836138a3ff1eba83528b04f7f264008f67ee5b77dcac3028ce
x86_64
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: aefa27277ed91e8904630c91495d0bdbe08cffa4e757951f136e8cc0d5230906
ia64
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 3c9eaaf302801800d0e35cf1b27040a955de1a9754dcfd8ada5e7e4adb858676
i386
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 752b5d1e8b1b9cc6cff56055ee76f54916de6e72d87db10e6b98c10274c619e0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0798609ff772b4653ef573e9ceb1ca9088fd3e80e136d4185e42f4f6b62f18ef
x86_64
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 51f2d8c5b39249696bb33fed808c4862cfb31a0c6aa301b3bce96f9fab3bea82
i386
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 699ea89c9660edae35ba52f7bbdc0936a0fa1713e32cfb8a505b95a4d0246112

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: d14a7572107c51836138a3ff1eba83528b04f7f264008f67ee5b77dcac3028ce
x86_64
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: aefa27277ed91e8904630c91495d0bdbe08cffa4e757951f136e8cc0d5230906
i386
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 752b5d1e8b1b9cc6cff56055ee76f54916de6e72d87db10e6b98c10274c619e0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0798609ff772b4653ef573e9ceb1ca9088fd3e80e136d4185e42f4f6b62f18ef
s390x
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 5617b47b6745732e5ab427af6d2629251b6f5d797353c18bb451c029db683043

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: d14a7572107c51836138a3ff1eba83528b04f7f264008f67ee5b77dcac3028ce
s390x
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: ad385f6f819492ef30c78b9d08fc4efe472c914b34d85c0a4e62cd8a687f532d
s390
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 1f52f3b2bb1c47ba857c5fb90cffd30ee4e46243e65e03c598693c313d233c7f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: d14a7572107c51836138a3ff1eba83528b04f7f264008f67ee5b77dcac3028ce
s390x
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: ad385f6f819492ef30c78b9d08fc4efe472c914b34d85c0a4e62cd8a687f532d
s390
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 1f52f3b2bb1c47ba857c5fb90cffd30ee4e46243e65e03c598693c313d233c7f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0798609ff772b4653ef573e9ceb1ca9088fd3e80e136d4185e42f4f6b62f18ef
ppc
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 0113e8931e952d91ff5df349bdb5ad4ef0aa087e8398152dc89749d318f1aeaf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: d14a7572107c51836138a3ff1eba83528b04f7f264008f67ee5b77dcac3028ce
ppc
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 425a438b98754572d17ec0445b8994f7e590581c0e5b90d4b8bf0ccf6f0370c8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.src.rpm	SHA-256: d14a7572107c51836138a3ff1eba83528b04f7f264008f67ee5b77dcac3028ce
ppc
file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 425a438b98754572d17ec0445b8994f7e590581c0e5b90d4b8bf0ccf6f0370c8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0798609ff772b4653ef573e9ceb1ca9088fd3e80e136d4185e42f4f6b62f18ef
x86_64
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 51f2d8c5b39249696bb33fed808c4862cfb31a0c6aa301b3bce96f9fab3bea82
i386
file-4.17-9.0.1.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 699ea89c9660edae35ba52f7bbdc0936a0fa1713e32cfb8a505b95a4d0246112

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