File ELF Header buffer overflow
| file-elf-header-bo (18368) |  High Risk |
Description:
file(1) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the ELF Header parsing code. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the file(1) user.
Platforms Affected:
- Christos Zoulas, file(1) 4.0 to 4.11
- Gentoo, Linux
- Trustix, Enterprise Server 2
- Trustix, Secure Linux 2.0
- Trustix, Secure Linux 2.1
- Trustix, Secure Linux 2.2
Remedy:
For Trustix Secure Linux:
Upgrade to the latest file package, as listed below. Refer to Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2004-0063 for more information. See References.
Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 and 2.2: 4.12-1tr or later
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Freshmeat.net Web site, file at http://freshmeat.net/projects/file/?topic_id=861.
- Trustix Secure Linux Advisory #2004-0063, Multiple bugfixes at http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/106933/109/.
- BID-11771: File ELF Header Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1304: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ELF header parsing code in file before 4.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF file.
- GLSA-200412-07: file: Arbitrary code execution
- SECTRACK ID: 1012433: `File` Stack Overflow in Processing ELF Headers May Permit Arbitrary Code Execution
Reported:
Nov 29, 2004
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