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GLSA-200608-17 : libwmf: Buffer overflow vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 22216

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200608-17 (libwmf: Buffer overflow vulnerability)

 infamous41md discovered that libwmf fails to do proper bounds checking on the MaxRecordSize variable in the WMF file header. This could lead to an head-based buffer overflow.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to open a specially crafted WMF file, a remote attacker could cause a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application that uses libwmf.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround for this issue.

Solution

All libwmf users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/libwmf-0.2.8.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200608-17

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22216

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200608-17.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 8/14/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:libwmf, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3376

GLSA: 200608-17