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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200710-19 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: The Sleuth Kit: Integer underflow |
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Date: October 18, 2007 |
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Bugs: #181977 |
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ID: 200710-19 |
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Synopsis |
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An integer underflow vulnerability has been reported in The Sleuth Kit |
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allowing for the user-assisted execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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The Sleuth Kit is a collection of file system and media management |
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forensic analysis tools. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-forensics/sleuthkit < 2.0.9 >= 2.0.9 |
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Description |
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Jean-Sebastien Guay-Leroux reported an integer underflow in the |
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file_printf() function of the "file" utility which is bundled with The |
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Sleuth Kit (CVE-2007-1536, GLSA 200703-26). Note that Gentoo is not |
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affected by the improper fix for this vulnerability (identified as |
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CVE-2007-2799, see GLSA 200705-25) since version 4.20 of "file" was |
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never shipped with The Sleuth Kit ebuilds. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to run The Sleuth Kit on a file |
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system containing a specially crafted file that would trigger a |
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heap-based buffer overflow possibly leading to the execution of |
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arbitrary code with the rights of the user running The Sleuth Kit. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All The Sleuth Kit users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-forensics/sleuthkit-2.0.9" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-1536 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1536 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2007-2799 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2799 |
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[ 3 ] GLSA 200703-26 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-26.xml |
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[ 4 ] GLSA 200705-25 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-25.xml |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-19.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |