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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57682
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1221-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libgsf' package(s) announced via the DSA-1221-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libgsf' package(s) announced via the DSA-1221-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
infamous41md discovered a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in libgsf, a GNOME library for reading and writing structured file formats, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.1-1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.14.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgsf packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libgsf' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-4514
BugTraq ID: 21358
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21358
Bugtraq: 20061214 rPSA-2006-0232-1 libgsf (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454389/30/9210/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1221 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1221
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-13.xml
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=446
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:220
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9413
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2007:0011
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0011.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23164
http://secunia.com/advisories/23166
http://secunia.com/advisories/23167
http://secunia.com/advisories/23227
http://secunia.com/advisories/23337
http://secunia.com/advisories/23352
http://secunia.com/advisories/23355
http://secunia.com/advisories/23686
http://secunia.com/advisories/23920
SGI Security Advisory: 20070101-01-P
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070101-01-P.asc
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2006:076 (Google Search)
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0005.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-391-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4784
XForce ISS Database: libgsf-metabat-bo(30611)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30611
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