FreeBSD : evince -- Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (779a2d55-8ba8-11db-81d5-00123ffe8333)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23872

Synopsis

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

Description

Secunia reports :

A vulnerability has been discovered in Evince, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the 'get_next_text()' function in ps/ps.c. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PostScript file.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23872

File Name: freebsd_pkg_779a2d558ba811db81d500123ffe8333.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 12/16/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

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:freebsd:freebsd:evince, 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: 12/14/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2006

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5864

Secunia: 23111

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