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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59124
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-437-1 (libwpd)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to libwpd
announced via advisory USN-437-1.

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:

Sean Larsson of iDefense Labs discovered that libwpd was vulnerable to
integer overflows. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted WordPerfect document with an application that used libwpd, an
attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.10:
libwpd8c2 0.8.2-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libwpd8c2a 0.8.4-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 6.10:
libwpd8c2a 0.8.6-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-437-1

Risk factor : Critical

CVSS Score:
9.3

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-0002
BugTraq ID: 23006
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23006
Bugtraq: 20070316 rPSA-2007-0057-1 libwpd (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463033/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1268 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1268
Debian Security Information: DSA-1270 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1270
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2805
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-07.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-12.xml
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=490
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:063
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:064
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11535
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0055.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017789
http://secunia.com/advisories/24465
http://secunia.com/advisories/24507
http://secunia.com/advisories/24557
http://secunia.com/advisories/24572
http://secunia.com/advisories/24573
http://secunia.com/advisories/24580
http://secunia.com/advisories/24581
http://secunia.com/advisories/24588
http://secunia.com/advisories/24591
http://secunia.com/advisories/24593
http://secunia.com/advisories/24613
http://secunia.com/advisories/24794
http://secunia.com/advisories/24856
http://secunia.com/advisories/24906
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.399659
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102863-1
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2007:023 (Google Search)
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0007.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-437-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0976
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1032
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1339
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