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From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
To: Thomas Vogt <thomas@bsdunix.ch>
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Subject: Re: Integer underflow in the "file" program before 4.20
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On 2007.03.29 16:22:58 +0200, Thomas Vogt wrote:

> http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1536
> "Integer underflow in the file_printf function in the "file" program
> before 4.20 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via
> a file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow."
> 
> Is FreeBSD 5.x/6.x affected too? It looks the System has file 4.12. The
> port has 4.20.

Hey,

While I haven't confirmed FreeBSD is vulnerable, I assume that is the
case.  In any case, we (The FreeBSD Security Team) are working on this
isuse.

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen
FreeBSD Security Team