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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57096
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2006:0597
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2006:0597.

Libwmf is a library for reading and converting Windows MetaFile vector
graphics (WMF). Libwmf is used by packages such as The GIMP and ImageMagick.

An integer overflow flaw was discovered in libwmf. An attacker could
create a carefully crafted WMF flaw that could execute arbitrary code if
opened by a victim. (CVE-2006-3376).

Users of libwmf should update to these packages which contain a backported
security patch to correct this issue.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0597.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-3376
BugTraq ID: 18751
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18751
Bugtraq: 20060630 libwmf integer/heap overflow (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438803/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1194 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1194
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-17.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:132
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10262
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2006:0597
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0597.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016518
http://secunia.com/advisories/20921
http://secunia.com/advisories/21064
http://secunia.com/advisories/21261
http://secunia.com/advisories/21419
http://secunia.com/advisories/21459
http://secunia.com/advisories/21473
http://secunia.com/advisories/22311
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1190
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:019 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_19_sr.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-333-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2646
XForce ISS Database: libwmf-wmf-bo(27516)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27516
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