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RHEL 2.1 : koffice (RHSA-2007:0010)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24676

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated KOffice packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.

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

KOffice is a collection of productivity applications for the K Desktop Environment (KDE) GUI desktop.

An integer overflow bug was found in KOffice's PPT file processor. An attacker could create a malicious PPT file that could cause KOffice to execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim.
(CVE-2006-6120)

All users of KOffice are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contains a backported patch to correct this issues.

Solution

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

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-6120

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0010

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24676

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0010.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2007

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: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:koffice, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:koffice-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6120

BID: 21354

RHSA: 2007:0010