----------------------------------------------------------------------- Immunix Secured OS Security Advisory Packages updated: file Affected products: Immunix OS 7+ Bugs fixed: CAN-2003-0102 Date: Tue Jun 3 2003 Advisory ID: IMNX-2003-7+-012-01 Author: Seth Arnold <sarnold@wirex.com> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Description: An anonymous reporter has reported to iDEFENSE a vulnerability in file that could allow for a root compromise, should root run file on a specially crafted file. This is a local exploit, and requires a user to run "file" on potentially untrusted files. This release fixes this vulnerability, and adds a newer magic databased. References: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/313837 Package names and locations: Precompiled binary packages for Immunix 7+ are available at: http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7+/Updates/RPMS/file-3.30-7_imnx_3.41_1.i386.rpm Immunix OS 7+ md5sums: bea08bde8952bb723993ad6dd8f5e188 RPMS/file-3.30-7_imnx_3.41_1.i386.rpm GPG verification: Our public key is available at <http://wirex.com/security/GPG_KEY>. NOTE: Ibiblio is graciously mirroring our updates, so if the links above are slow, please try: ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/immunix/ or one of the many mirrors available at: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/MIRRORS.html ImmunixOS 6.2 is no longer officially supported. ImmunixOS 7.0 is no longer officially supported. Contact information: To report vulnerabilities, please contact security@wirex.com. WireX attempts to conform to the RFP vulnerability disclosure protocol <http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/policy.html>.
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