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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200703-24 (mgv)

🗓️ 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200703-24 (mgv) describes a vulnerability in mgv that may allow arbitrary code execution, prompting for the unmerge of the package

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58162");
  script_version("2023-07-18T05:05:36+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-18 05:05:36 +0000 (Tue, 18 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5864");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.1");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200703-24 (mgv)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"mgv improperly handles user-supplied data possibly allowing for the
execution of arbitrary code.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"mgv is currently unmaintained, and the mgv website no longer exists. As
such, the mgv package has been masked in Portage. We recommend that users
select an alternate Postscript viewer such as ghostview or GSview, and
unmerge mgv:

    # emerge --unmerge 'app-text/mgv'");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200703-24");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154645");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-20.xml");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200703-24.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"app-text/mgv", unaffected: make_list(), vulnerable: make_list("le 3.1.5"))) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
}

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18 Jul 2023 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
CVSS 25.1
EPSS0.15211
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