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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703917
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3917-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'catdoc' package(s) announced via the DSA-3917-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'catdoc' package(s) announced via the DSA-3917-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A heap-based buffer underflow flaw was discovered in catdoc, a text extractor for MS-Office files, which may lead to denial of service (application crash) or have unspecified other impact, if a specially crafted file is processed.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.94.4-1.1+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.94.3~
git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1.

For the testing distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.95-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.95-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your catdoc packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'catdoc' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-11110
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468471
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