Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-14226
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 35 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LibreOffice libwpd Denial of Service Vulnerability | 11 Sep 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-14226 | 9 Sep 201708:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-14226 | 9 Sep 201708:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2017-14226 | 9 Sep 201708:00 | – | debiancve | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : libwpd (EulerOS-SA-2017-1274) | 2 Nov 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libwpd (EulerOS-SA-2017-1275) | 2 Nov 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 27 : libwpd (2017-5128c8cfe2) | 15 Jan 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 26 : libwpd (2017-63ff51c0dc) | 20 Sep 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : libwpd (openSUSE-2017-1247) | 7 Nov 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 5 : libwpd (Unpatched Vulnerability) | 3 Jun 202400:00 | – | nessus |
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"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.
- WP1StylesListener.cpp, WP5StylesListener.cpp, and WP42StylesListener.cpp in libwpd 0.10.1 mishandle
iterators, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read in the
WPXTableList class in WPXTable.cpp). This vulnerability can be triggered in LibreOffice before 5.3.7. It
may lead to suffering a remote attack against a LibreOffice application. (CVE-2017-14226)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
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include('linux_unpatched.inc');
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"release": "16.04",
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{"reference": "libwpd"}
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{"reference": "libwpd-devel"},
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if (!empty_or_null(report))
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port : 0,
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);
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{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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