Executive Summary

Summary
Title koffice security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2007:0010 First vendor Publication 2007-02-20
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2007-02-20
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: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

Problem Description:

Updated KOffice packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.

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 (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

3. Problem description:

KOffice is a collection of productivity applications for the K Desktop Environment (KDE) GUI desktop.

An integer overflow bug was found in KOffice's PPT file processor. An attacker could create a malicious PPT file that could cause KOffice to execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2006-6120)

All users of KOffice are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contains a backported patch to correct this issues.

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/):

217738 - CVE-2006-6120 koffice integer overflow

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0010.html

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200612-05 (koffice-libs)
File : nvt/glsa_200612_05.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2006-357-04 koffice
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2006_357_04.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
31701 KOffice KPresenter Filter PowerPoint File Handling Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-388-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_koffice-2323.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-21 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0010.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2006-357-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-222.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-14 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200612-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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