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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : calligra vulnerability (USN-1525-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 61483

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that Calligra incorrectly handled certain malformed MS Word documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted MS Word file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.

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Solution

Update the affected calligra package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1525-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 61483

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1525-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/10/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:calligra, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3456

USN: 1525-1