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Gentoo: GLSA 200703-26 High: file Integer Underflow Threat

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Calendar Grey March 30, 2007
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2021-1234 emphasizes a critical vulnerability in the libpng library, necessitating prompt user intervention to resolve.
A buffer underflow vulnerability has been reported in file allowing for the user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200703-26 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: file: Integer underflow Date: March 30, 2007 Bugs: #171452 ID: 200703-26

Synopsis ======= A buffer underflow vulnerability has been reported in file allowing for the user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for patterns.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-apps/file < 4.20 >= 4.20
========== Jean-Sébastien Guay-Leroux reported an integer underflow in file_printf function.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could entice a user to run the "file" progra...

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