RHEL 4 : libwmf (RHSA-2006:0597)

high Nessus Plugin ID 22070

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libwmf packages that fix a security flaw are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Libwmf is a library for reading and converting Windows MetaFile vector graphics (WMF). Libwmf is used by packages such as The GIMP and ImageMagick.

An integer overflow flaw was discovered in libwmf. An attacker could create a carefully crafted WMF flaw that could execute arbitrary code if opened by a victim. (CVE-2006-3376).

Users of libwmf should update to these packages which contain a backported security patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected libwmf and / or libwmf-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-3376

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0597

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22070

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2006-0597.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/19/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwmf-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwmf

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3376

RHSA: 2006:0597