Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2006.300.1
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-300-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'wv2' package(s) announced via the USN-300-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'wv2' package(s) announced via the USN-300-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: libwv2 did not sufficiently check the validity of its input. Certain invalid Word documents caused a buffer overflow. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Word file with an application that uses libwv2, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. The only packaged application using this library is KWord. Affected Software/OS: 'wv2' package(s) on Ubuntu 5.04, Ubuntu 5.10, Ubuntu 6.06. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-2197 BugTraq ID: 18437 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18437 Debian Security Information: DSA-1100 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1100 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-24.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:109 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016313 http://secunia.com/advisories/20665 http://secunia.com/advisories/20688 http://secunia.com/advisories/20689 http://secunia.com/advisories/20826 http://secunia.com/advisories/20844 http://secunia.com/advisories/20899 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:015 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/300-1/ http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2350 XForce ISS Database: wvware-wv2-word-overflow(27184) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27184
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