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Debian DSA-979-1 : pdfkit.framework - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 22845

Synopsis

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

Description

Derek Noonburg has fixed several potential vulnerabilities in xpdf, the Portable Document Format (PDF) suite, which are also present in pdfkit.framework, the GNUstep framework for rendering PDF content.

Solution

Upgrade the pdfkit.framework package.

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

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.8-2sarge3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-979

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22845

File Name: debian_DSA-979.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

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: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pdfkit.framework, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1244

BID: 16748

DSA: 979