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| Subject: | Re: OpenBSD 4.1 - Heap overflow vulnerabillity |
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| Date: | Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:14:22 -0400 |
The command "file" is vulnerable to heap overflow.
Solution:
Patch the kernel source with: ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/4.1/common/009_file.patch
By AchedDamiman
This is CVE-2007-1536, discovered by Jean-Sebastien Guay-Leroux.
Patches are also available for OpenBSD 4.0: http://openbsd.org/errata40.html#015_file
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