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Debian DSA-872-1 : koffice - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22738

Synopsis

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

Description

Chris Evans discovered a buffer overflow in the RTF importer of kword, a word processor for the KDE Office Suite that can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the kword package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain a kword package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.5-4.sarge.1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=333497

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-872

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22738

File Name: debian_DSA-872.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:koffice, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/26/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2971

BID: 15060

DSA: 872