FKIE_CVE-2003-0102

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2003-03-18 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:01
Severity
Summary
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).
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-003.txt.asc
cve@mitre.orghttp://lwn.net/Alerts/34908/
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104680706201721&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-260
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.idefense.com/advisory/03.04.03.txtExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611865US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:030
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_017_file.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-086.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-087.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7008Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11469
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-003.txt.asc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lwn.net/Alerts/34908/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104680706201721&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-260
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.idefense.com/advisory/03.04.03.txtExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611865US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:030
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_017_file.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-086.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-087.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7008Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11469
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
file file 3.28
file file 3.30
file file 3.32
file file 3.33
file file 3.34
file file 3.35
file file 3.36
file file 3.37
file file 3.39
file file 3.40
netbsd netbsd 1.5
netbsd netbsd 1.5.1
netbsd netbsd 1.5.2
netbsd netbsd 1.5.3
netbsd netbsd 1.6
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