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HistoryNov 10, 2004 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-579-1 : abiword - buffer overflow

2004-11-1000:00:00
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A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in the wv library, used for converting and previewing word documents. On exploitation an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-579. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(15677);
  script_version("1.19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0645");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"579");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-579-1 : abiword - buffer overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in the wv library,
used for converting and previewing word documents. On exploitation an
attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running the vulnerable application."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-579"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the abiword package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2.

The package in the unstable distribution (sid) is not affected."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:abiword");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/11/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/11/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/07/09");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"abiword", reference:"1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"abiword-common", reference:"1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"abiword-doc", reference:"1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"abiword-gnome", reference:"1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"abiword-gtk", reference:"1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"abiword-plugins", reference:"1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"xfonts-abi", reference:"1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxabiwordp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:abiword
debiandebian_linux3.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0