Executive Summary

Summary
Title wvWare vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-374-1 First vendor Publication 2006-11-01
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2006-11-01
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:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5.1 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.10

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

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

Ubuntu 6.10:
libwv-1.2-1 1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

An integer overflow was discovered in the DOC file parser of the wv library. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted MSWord (.DOC) file, remote attackers could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-374-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 4

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200612-01 (wv library)
File : nvt/glsa_200612_01.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: wv
File : nvt/freebsd_wv.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
30080 wvWare LFO Count wvGetLFO_records Function Overflow

30079 wvWare LVL Count wvGetFLO_PLF Function Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_wv-2280.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-374-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_wv-2279.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-202.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-14 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_d29dc5068aa611dbbd0d00123ffe8333.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-11 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200612-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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