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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703875
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3875-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libmwaw' package(s) announced via the DSA-3875-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libmwaw' package(s) announced via the DSA-3875-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that a buffer overflow in libmwaw, a library to open old Mac text documents might result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed document is opened.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.3.1-2+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.3.9-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libmwaw packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libmwaw' package(s) on Debian 8.

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-2017-9433
Debian Security Information: DSA-3875 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3875
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1037
https://sourceforge.net/p/libmwaw/libmwaw/ci/68b3b74569881248bfb6cbb4266177cc253b292f/
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