FreeBSD : unrtf -- buffer overflow vulnerability (f2d5e56e-67eb-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 19167

Synopsis

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

Description

Yosef Klein and Limin Wang have found a buffer overflow vulnerability in unrtf that can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running unrtf, by running unrtf on a specially crafted rtf document.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f12daba9

http://www.nessus.org/u?b9387773

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 19167

File Name: freebsd_pkg_f2d5e56e67eb11d9a9e70001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:unrtf, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1297

BID: 12030