Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51358
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2004:863
Summary:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2004:863
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2004:863. Wv[1] is a library which allows access to Microsoft Word files. iDefense[2] discovered[3] a buffer overflow vulnerability[4] in the wv library which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://wvware.sourceforge.net/ http://www.idefense.com/ http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=115&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0645 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2004:863 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002004 Risk factor : Critical
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0645 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=115&type=vulnerabilities Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2004:863 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000863 Debian Security Information: DSA-579 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-579 https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1906 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-11.xml http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:077 http://www.osvdb.org/7761 XForce ISS Database: wvware-wvhandledatetimepicture-bo(16660) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16660
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