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Debian DSA-945-1 : antiword - insecure temporary file

low Nessus Plugin ID 22811

Synopsis

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

Description

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that two scripts in antiword, utilities to convert Word files to text and Postscript, create a temporary file in an insecure fashion.

Solution

Upgrade the antiword package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.32-2woody0.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.35-2sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-945

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 22811

File Name: debian_DSA-945.nasl

Version: 1.20

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: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:antiword, 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: 1/17/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3126

DSA: 945