openSUSE 10 Security Update : gv (gv-2266)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27255

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A stackoverflow in the postscript viewer gv could be used to exploited to execute code, if the user could be tricked into viewing a prepared postscript file. (CVE-2006-5864)

Solution

Update the affected gv package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27255

File Name: suse_gv-2266.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, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gv

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: 11/13/2006

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5864

Detections

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