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GLSA-200510-12 : KOffice, KWord: RTF import buffer overflow

2005-10-1900:00:00
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12

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.168 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.1%

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-12 (KOffice, KWord: RTF import buffer overflow)

Chris Evans discovered that the KWord RTF importer was vulnerable     to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact :

An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted RTF     file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the     rights of the user running the affected application.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-12.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(20032);
  script_version("1.19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2971");
  script_bugtraq_id(15060);
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200510-12");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200510-12 : KOffice, KWord: RTF import buffer overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-12
(KOffice, KWord: RTF import buffer overflow)

    Chris Evans discovered that the KWord RTF importer was vulnerable
    to a heap-based buffer overflow.
  
Impact :

    An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted RTF
    file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
    rights of the user running the affected application.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  # http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200510-12"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All KOffice users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/koffice-1.4.1-r1'
    All KWord users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/kword-1.4.1-r1'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:koffice");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kword");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/10/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/10/19");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"app-office/kword", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.4.1-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.4.1-r1"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"app-office/koffice", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.4.1-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.4.1-r1"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "KOffice / KWord");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
gentoolinuxkofficep-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:koffice
gentoolinuxkwordp-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kword
gentoolinuxcpe:/o:gentoo:linux

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.168 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.1%