Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59074
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-391-1 (libgsf)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-391-1 (libgsf)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to libgsf announced via advisory USN-391-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: A heap overflow was discovered in the OLE processing code in libgsf. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted OLE document, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: libgsf-1 1.12.3-3ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libgsf-1-113 1.13.99-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 6.10: libgsf-1-114 1.14.1-2ubuntu1.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your desktop session to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-391-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-4514 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=446 Bugtraq: 20061214 rPSA-2006-0232-1 libgsf (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:220 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2007:0011 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0011.html 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 BugTraq ID: 21358 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21358 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9413 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4784 http://secunia.com/advisories/23164 http://secunia.com/advisories/23166 http://secunia.com/advisories/23167 http://secunia.com/advisories/23227 http://secunia.com/advisories/23355 http://secunia.com/advisories/23337 http://secunia.com/advisories/23352 http://secunia.com/advisories/23686 http://secunia.com/advisories/23920 XForce ISS Database: libgsf-metabat-bo(30611) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30611
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