Executive Summary

Summary
Title libwmf: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201602-03 First vendor Publication 2016-02-27
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2016-02-27
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libwmf allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background

libwmf is a library for converting WMF files.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libwmf. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known work around at this time.

Resolution

All libwmf users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libwmf-0.2.8.4-r6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-0848 : https://nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0848
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-4588 : https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4588
[ 3 ] CVE-2015-4695 : https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4695
[ 4 ] CVE-2015-4696 : https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4696

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-03

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201602-03.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-05-01 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2018-120-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-02 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201602-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-10-29 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2015-604.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-10-21 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20151020_libwmf_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-10-21 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2015-1917.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-10-21 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1917.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-10-21 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2015-1917.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-10-05 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-14848.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-08 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-14847.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-04 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2015-1484-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-08-14 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2015-1378-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-30 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-10601.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-16 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_ca139c7f2a8c11e5a4a5002590263bf5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-10627.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-10 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-477.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-09 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2670-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-07 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3302.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-257.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-253.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-25 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-9674.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-25 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-444.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-25 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-443.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-10-04 13:25:04
  • Multiple Updates
2016-02-27 05:29:10
  • Multiple Updates
2016-02-27 05:24:26
  • First insertion