Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60879
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-604-1 (gnumeric)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to gnumeric announced via advisory USN-604-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Thilo Pfennig and Morten Welinder discovered that the XLS spreadsheet handling code in Gnumeric did not correctly calculate needed memory sizes. If a user or automated system were tricked into loading a specially crafted XLS document, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: gnumeric 1.6.3-0ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 6.10: gnumeric 1.7.0-1ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 7.04: gnumeric 1.7.8-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 7.10: gnumeric 1.7.11-1ubuntu3.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart gnumeric to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-604-1 Risk factor : Critical CVSS Score: 9.3
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0668 BugTraq ID: 27536 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27536 Debian Security Information: DSA-1546 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1546 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00114.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00227.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-05.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:056 http://secunia.com/advisories/28725/ http://secunia.com/advisories/28799 http://secunia.com/advisories/28948 http://secunia.com/advisories/29702 http://secunia.com/advisories/29896 http://secunia.com/advisories/31339 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:016 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00001.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-604-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0462
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