Summary
The remote host is missing an update to koffice
announced via advisory DSA 872-1.
Chris Evans discovered a buffer overflow in the RTF importer of kword, a word processor for the KDE Office Suite that can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain a kword package.
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.5-4.sarge.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.5-5.
We recommend that you upgrade your kword package.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20872-1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2971 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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