Description
Buffer overflow in tryelf() in readelf.c of the file command allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the user running file, possibly via a large entity size value in an ELF header (elfhdr.e_shentsize).
Affected products
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/03.04.03.txt ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11469 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-087.html ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_017_file.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7008 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104680706201721&w=2 ↗
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/34908/ ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-086.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-260 ↗
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611865 ↗
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:030 ↗