openSUSE 10 Security Update : libwmf (libwmf-1840)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27336

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A heap overflow could be triggered by specially crafted WMF (Windows Meta Files) in the libwmf library. This problem could be exploited to execute code, by a remote attacker providing a file with embedded WMF data to an application understanding this (like OpenOffice_org, abiword, gimp).

This issue is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-3376.

Solution

Update the affected libwmf packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27336

File Name: suse_libwmf-1840.nasl

Version: 1.13

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: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwmf, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwmf-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3376

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