openSUSE 10 Security Update : evince (evince-2362)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27209

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Specially crafted Postscript files could be used to execute arbitrary code by causing a buffer overflow in evince (CVE-2006-5864).

Solution

Update the affected evince package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27209

File Name: suse_evince-2362.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:evince

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2006

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5864

Detections

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