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Debian DSA-1100-1 : wv2 - integer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22642

Synopsis

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

Description

A boundary checking error has been discovered in wv2, a library for accessing Microsoft Word documents, which can lead to an integer overflow induced by processing word files.

Solution

Upgrade the libwv packages.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain wv2 packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.2-1sarge1

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1100

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22642

File Name: debian_DSA-1100.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wv2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2197

DSA: 1100