Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59504
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora Core 6 FEDORA-2007-391 (file)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to file announced via advisory FEDORA-2007-391. The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data contained by the file. File can identify many different file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats. You should install the file package, since the file command is such a useful utility. Update Information: this issue should fix CVE-2007-1536 (heap overflow that can result in arbitrary code execution) * Fri Mar 30 2007 Martin Bacovsky - 4.19-2 - Resolves: #233164: CVE-2007-1536 file 4.20 fixes a heap overflow in that can result in arbitrary code execution Solution: Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be downloaded from: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/ This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2007-391 Risk factor : Critical CVSS Score: 9.3
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-1536 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html BugTraq ID: 23021 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23021 Bugtraq: 20070825 OpenBSD 4.1 - Heap overflow vulnerabillity (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477861/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20070828 Re: OpenBSD 4.1 - Heap overflow vulnerabillity (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477950/100/0/threaded CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#606700 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/606700 Debian Security Information: DSA-1274 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1274 FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-07:04 http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:04.file.asc http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-26.xml http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-19.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:067 http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2007/000161.html NETBSD Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2008-001 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc OpenBSD Security Advisory: [4.0] 20070709 015: SECURITY FIX: July 9, 2007 http://openbsd.org/errata40.html#015_file https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10658 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0124.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017796 http://secunia.com/advisories/24548 http://secunia.com/advisories/24592 http://secunia.com/advisories/24604 http://secunia.com/advisories/24608 http://secunia.com/advisories/24616 http://secunia.com/advisories/24617 http://secunia.com/advisories/24723 http://secunia.com/advisories/24754 http://secunia.com/advisories/25133 http://secunia.com/advisories/25393 http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 http://secunia.com/advisories/25931 http://secunia.com/advisories/25989 http://secunia.com/advisories/27307 http://secunia.com/advisories/27314 http://secunia.com/advisories/29179 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.512926 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2007:040 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_40_file.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:005 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-439-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1040 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 XForce ISS Database: openbsd-file-bo(36283) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36283
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