Debian DSA-3917-1 : catdoc - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 101911

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A heap-based buffer underflow flaw was discovered in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files, which may lead to denial of service (application crash) or have unspecified other impact, if a specially crafted file is processed.

Solution

Upgrade the catdoc packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.94.4-1.1+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101911

File Name: debian_DSA-3917.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/24/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:catdoc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11110

DSA: 3917

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