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Debian DSA-894-1 : abiword - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 22760

Synopsis

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

Description

Chris Evans discovered several buffer overflows in the RTF import mechanism of AbiWord, a WYSIWYG word processor based on GTK 2. Opening a specially crafted RTF file could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the abiword package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody3.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.7-3sarge2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-894

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22760

File Name: debian_DSA-894.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

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:debian:debian_linux:abiword, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2964, CVE-2005-2972

DSA: 894