openSUSE 10 Security Update : wv2 (wv2-1687)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27480

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The wv2 library was updated to fix some boundary checks which could be exploited by maliciously crafted files to access memory outside bounds and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2006-2197)

Solution

Update the affected wv2 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27480

File Name: suse_wv2-1687.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: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wv2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wv2

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2197

Detections

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