RHEL 5 : kdegraphics (RHSA-2007:1051)

high Nessus Plugin ID 36457

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated kdegraphics packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kdegraphics packages contain applications for the K Desktop Environment. This includes kpdf, a PDF file viewer.

Alin Rad Pop discovered a flaw in the handling of PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause kpdf to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.
(CVE-2007-5393)

All kdegraphics users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected kdegraphics and / or kdegraphics-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-5393

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:1051

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 36457

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-1051.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdegraphics, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdegraphics-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5393

BID: 26367

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2007:1051