Debian DSA-550-1 : wv - buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15387

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

iDEFENSE discovered a buffer overflow in the wv library, used to convert and preview Microsoft Word documents. An attacker could create a specially crafted document that could lead wvHtml to execute arbitrary code on the victims machine.

Solution

Upgrade the wv package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.1+rvt-2woody3.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=264972

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-550

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15387

File Name: debian_DSA-550.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wv, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0645

DSA: 550