Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Gnumeric vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-604-1 | First vendor Publication | 2008-04-22 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2008-04-22 |
| 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 | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 9.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 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 6.06 LTS: Ubuntu 6.10: Ubuntu 7.04: Ubuntu 7.10: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart gnumeric to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Thilo Pfennig and Morten Welinder discovered that the XLS spreadsheet handling code in Gnumeric did not correctly calculate needed memory sizes. If a user or automated system were tricked into loading a specially crafted XLS document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-604-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-189 | Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17671 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17671 | ||
| Title: | USN-604-1 -- gnumeric vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Thilo Pfennig and Morten Welinder discovered that the XLS spreadsheet handling code in Gnumeric did not correctly calculate needed memory sizes. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-604-1 CVE-2008-0668 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 6.06 Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 | Product(s): | gnumeric |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20233 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20233 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1546-1 gnumeric | ||
| Description: | Thilo Pfennig and Morten Welinder discovered several integer overflow weaknesses in Gnumeric, a GNOME spreadsheet application. These vulnerabilities could result in the execution of arbitrary code through the opening of a maliciously crafted Excel spreadsheet. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1546-1 CVE-2008-0668 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | gnumeric |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8059 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8059 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1546 gnumeric -- integer overflow | ||
| Description: | Thilo Pfennig and Morten Welinder discovered several integer overflow weaknesses in Gnumeric, a GNOME spreadsheet application. These vulnerabilities could result in the execution of arbitrary code through the opening of a maliciously crafted Excel spreadsheet. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1546 CVE-2008-0668 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | gnumeric |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for gnumeric MDVSA-2008:056 (gnumeric) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_056.nasl |
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for gnumeric vulnerability USN-604-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_604_1.nasl |
| 2009-02-16 | Name : Fedora Update for gnumeric FEDORA-2008-1313 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1313_gnumeric_fc7.nasl |
| 2009-02-16 | Name : Fedora Update for gnumeric FEDORA-2008-1403 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_1403_gnumeric_fc8.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200802-05 (gnumeric) File : nvt/glsa_200802_05.nasl |
| 2008-04-21 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1546-1 (gnumeric) File : nvt/deb_1546_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 42835 | Gnumeric plugins/excel/ms-excel-read.c excel_read_HLINK Function XLS HLINK Op... |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-056.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-07-23 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_gnumeric-5393.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-04-25 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-604-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-04-17 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1546.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-02-14 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200802-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-02-11 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-1313.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-02-11 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-1403.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:05:03 |
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