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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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 61 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| evince -- Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | 27 Nov 200600:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Vulnerabilities in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information | 28 Apr 201500:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2006-5864 | 11 Nov 200601:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2006-5864 | 11 Nov 200601:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 1214-1] New gv packages fix arbitrary code execution | 20 Nov 200620:24 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 1214-2] Updated gv packages fix arbitrary code execution | 27 Dec 200622:38 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 1243-1] New evince packages fix arbitrary code execution | 28 Dec 200600:19 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2006-5864 | 11 Nov 200601:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DSA-1214-2 : gv - buffer overflow | 22 Nov 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-1243-1 : evince - buffer overflow | 30 Dec 200600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityspace | www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html |
| gentoo | www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-20.xml |
| bugs | www.bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi |
# 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