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Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : libwmf vulnerability (USN-333-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27912

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

An integer overflow was found in the handling of the MaxRecordSize field in the WMF header parser. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted WMF image file with an application that uses this library, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/333-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27912

File Name: ubuntu_USN-333-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 5.8

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwmf0.2-7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwmf-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwmf-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwmf-bin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3376

USN: 333-1