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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51389
Category:Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2004:902
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory CLA-2004:902.

AbiWord[1] is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft(R)
Word.
Wv[2] is a library which allows access to Microsoft Word files.

iDefense[3] discovered[4] a buffer overflow vulnerability[5] in the
wv library which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application.

This announcement fixes the wv library which is included in AbiWord
packages.


Solution:
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades
by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade'

http://www.abiword.org/
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-2004:902
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002004

Risk factor : Critical

CVSS Score:
10.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0645
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.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=115&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:077
http://www.osvdb.org/7761
XForce ISS Database: wvware-wvhandledatetimepicture-bo(16660)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16660
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