GLSA 200710-19: The Sleuth Kit: Integer underflow

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Severity:	normal
Title:	The Sleuth Kit: Integer underflow
Date:	10/18/2007
Bugs:	#181977
ID:	200710-19

Synopsis

An integer underflow vulnerability has been reported in The Sleuth Kit allowing for the user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.

Background

The Sleuth Kit is a collection of file system and media management forensic analysis tools.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-forensics/sleuthkit	< 2.0.9	>= 2.0.9	All supported architectures

Description

Jean-Sebastien Guay-Leroux reported an integer underflow in the file_printf() function of the "file" utility which is bundled with The Sleuth Kit (CVE-2007-1536, GLSA 200703-26). Note that Gentoo is not affected by the improper fix for this vulnerability (identified as CVE-2007-2799, see GLSA 200705-25) since version 4.20 of "file" was never shipped with The Sleuth Kit ebuilds.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to run The Sleuth Kit on a file system containing a specially crafted file that would trigger a heap-based buffer overflow possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running The Sleuth Kit.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All The Sleuth Kit users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-forensics/sleuthkit-2.0.9"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-19.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.