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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53239
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-550-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'wv' package(s) announced via the DSA-550-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'wv' package(s) announced via the DSA-550-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
iDEFENSE discovered a buffer overflow in the wv library, used to convert and preview Microsoft Word documents. An attacker could create a specially crafted document that could lead wvHtml to execute arbitrary code on the victims machine.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.1+rvt-2woody3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your wv package.

Affected Software/OS:
'wv' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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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