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GLSA-200510-17 : AbiWord: New RTF import buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20079

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-17 (AbiWord: New RTF import buffer overflows)

 Chris Evans discovered a different set of buffer overflows than the one described in GLSA 200509-20 in the RTF import function in AbiWord.
 Impact :

 An attacker could design a malicious RTF file and entice a user to import it in AbiWord, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running AbiWord.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All AbiWord users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/abiword-2.2.11'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200509-20

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200510-17

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20079

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200510-17.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 10/24/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:abiword, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2972

GLSA: 200510-17