Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libwmf
announced via advisory DSA 1796-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201796-1
Insight
Tavis Ormandy discovered that the embedded GD library copy in libwmf, a library to parse windows metafiles (WMF), makes use of a pointer after it was already freed. An attacker using a crafted WMF file can cause a denial of service or possibly the execute arbitrary code via applications using this library.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.8.4-2+etch1.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.8.4-6+lenny1.
For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.8.4-6.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libwmf packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1364 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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