Executive Summary

Summary
Title libwmf security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2006:0597 First vendor Publication 2006-07-18
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2006-07-18
Severity (Vendor) Moderate Revision 01

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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated libwmf packages that fix a security flaw are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

3. Problem description:

Libwmf is a library for reading and converting Windows MetaFile vector graphics (WMF). Libwmf is used by packages such as The GIMP and ImageMagick.

An integer overflow flaw was discovered in libwmf. An attacker could create a carefully crafted WMF flaw that could execute arbitrary code if opened by a victim. (CVE-2006-3376).

Users of libwmf should update to these packages which contain a backported security patch to correct this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

198290 - CVE-2006-3376 libwmf integer overflow

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0597.html

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10262
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10262
Title: Integer overflow in player.c in libwmf 0.2.8.4, as used in multiple products including (1) wv, (2) abiword, (3) freetype, (4) gimp, (5) libgsf, and (6) imagemagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the MaxRecordSize header field in a WMF file.
Description: Integer overflow in player.c in libwmf 0.2.8.4, as used in multiple products including (1) wv, (2) abiword, (3) freetype, (4) gimp, (5) libgsf, and (6) imagemagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the MaxRecordSize header field in a WMF file.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-3376
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-05-20 Name : FreeBSD Ports: libwmf
File : nvt/freebsd_libwmf0.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200608-17 (libwmf)
File : nvt/glsa_200608_17.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1194-1 (libwmf)
File : nvt/deb_1194_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
26961 libwmf WMF File Processing Overflow

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
2009-05-18 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_48aab1d0425211deb67a0030843d3802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_libwmf-1833.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-333-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_libwmf-1840.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-804.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-805.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-831.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-832.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-16 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-132.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1194.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-08-14 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200608-17.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-19 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2006-0597.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-19 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0597.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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