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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55814
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-886-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'chmlib' package(s) announced via the DSA-886-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'chmlib' package(s) announced via the DSA-886-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in chmlib, a library for dealing with CHM format files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2005-2659

Palasik Sandor discovered a buffer overflow in the LZX decompression method.

CVE-2005-2930

A buffer overflow has been discovered that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2005-3318

Sven Tantau discovered a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain chmlib packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.35-6sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.37-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your chmlib packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'chmlib' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2659
BugTraq ID: 15338
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15338
Debian Security Information: DSA-886 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-886
http://secunia.com/advisories/17325
http://secunia.com/advisories/17494
http://secunia.com/advisories/17775
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2930
BugTraq ID: 15234
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15234
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=332&type=vulnerabilities
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015120
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/125
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2249
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3318
BugTraq ID: 15211
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15211
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0536.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-23.xml
http://www.sven-tantau.de/public_files/chmlib/chmlib_20051126.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/20335
http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
http://secunia.com/advisories/17776
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:025 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2207
XForce ISS Database: chmlib-chmdecompressblock-bo(22885)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22885
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