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Ubuntu 6.10 : wv vulnerability (USN-374-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27955

Synopsis

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

Description

An integer overflow was discovered in the DOC file parser of the wv library. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted MSWord (.DOC) file, remote attackers could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected libwv-1.2-1, libwv-dev and / or wv packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/374-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27955

File Name: ubuntu_USN-374-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

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: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwv-1.2-1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwv-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4513

BID: 20761

USN: 374-1