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Ubuntu 11.04 / 11.10 : koffice vulnerability (USN-1526-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 61484

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that KOffice 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 koffice package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1526-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 61484

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1526-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/10/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:koffice, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3455

USN: 1526-1