Upstream information

CVE-2007-2799 at MITRE

Description

Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in products including The Sleuth Kit, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large file that triggers an overflow that bypasses an assert() statement. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-1536.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.1
Vector AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 256290 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • file-devel >= 4.24-43.27.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA file-devel-4.24-43.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • file >= 4.24-43.17
  • file-32bit >= 4.24-43.17
  • file-x86 >= 4.24-43.17
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA file-32bit-4.24-43.17
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • file >= 4.24-43.19.1
  • file-32bit >= 4.24-43.19.1
  • file-x86 >= 4.24-43.19.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA file-32bit-4.24-43.19.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • file >= 4.24-43.23.1
  • file-32bit >= 4.24-43.23.1
  • file-x86 >= 4.24-43.23.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA file-32bit-4.24-43.23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • file >= 4.24-43.27.1
  • file-32bit >= 4.24-43.27.1
  • file-devel >= 4.24-43.27.1
  • file-x86 >= 4.24-43.27.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA file-32bit-4.24-43.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA file-devel-4.24-43.27.1
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0
  • file >= 5.44-4.151
  • file-magic >= 5.44-4.151
  • libmagic1 >= 5.44-4.151
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 GA file-5.44-4.151
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
  • file >= 5.44-slfo.1.1_1.4
  • file-magic >= 5.44-slfo.1.1_1.4
  • libmagic1 >= 5.44-slfo.1.1_1.4
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 GA file-5.44-slfo.1.1_1.4
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • file >= 5.40-1.14
  • file-devel >= 5.40-1.14
  • file-devel-32bit >= 5.40-1.14
  • file-magic >= 5.40-1.14
  • libmagic1 >= 5.40-1.14
  • libmagic1-32bit >= 5.40-1.14
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10755

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:45:55 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:56 2025