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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57052
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-300-1 (wv2)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to wv2
announced via advisory USN-300-1.

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 5.04
Ubuntu 5.10
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

libwv2 did not sufficiently check the validity of its input. Certain
invalid Word documents caused a buffer overflow. By tricking a user
into opening a specially crafted Word file with an application that
uses libwv2, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with
the user's privileges.

The only packaged application using this library is KWord.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.04:
libwv2-1 0.2.2-1ubuntu1.1
libwv2-dev 0.2.2-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 5.10:
libwv2-1c2 0.2.2-1ubuntu2.1
libwv2-dev 0.2.2-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libwv2-1c2 0.2.2-5ubuntu0.1
libwv2-dev 0.2.2-5ubuntu0.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart KWord to effect
the necessary changes.

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-300-1

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-2197
BugTraq ID: 18437
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18437
Debian Security Information: DSA-1100 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1100
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-24.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:109
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016313
http://secunia.com/advisories/20665
http://secunia.com/advisories/20688
http://secunia.com/advisories/20689
http://secunia.com/advisories/20826
http://secunia.com/advisories/20844
http://secunia.com/advisories/20899
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:015 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/300-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2350
XForce ISS Database: wvware-wv2-word-overflow(27184)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27184
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2006 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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